Alula

Elang botak dewasa (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sedang mendarat, menunjukkan penggunaan alula.

Alula adalah tonjolan kecil pada anterior tepi sayap burung.[1] Kata alula berasal dari bahasa Latin dan berarti "sayap yang mengecil". Alula merupakan bagian yang dapat bergerak (ibu jarinya burung) yang biasanya tertutup tiga sampai lima bulu (tergantung jenis spesies.

Referensi

  1. ^ Parker, Sybil, P. (1984). McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Biology. McGraw-Hill Company. 
  • Ehrlich, Paul R; Dobkin, David S.; Wheye, Darryl; Pimms, Stuart L. (1994), The Birdwatcher's Handbook, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-858407-5 
  • Sanz, J. L.; Chiappe, L. M.; Pérez-Moreno, B. P.; Buscalioni, A. D.; Moratalla, J. J.; Ortega, F.; Poyato-Ariza, F. J. (1996-08-01), "An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight", Nature, 382 (6590): 442–445, doi:10.1038/382442a0 
  • Zhang, Fucheng; Zhou, Zhonghe (8 December 2000), "A Primitive Enantiornithine Bird and the Origin of Feathers", Science, 290 (5498): 1955–1959, doi:10.1126/science.290.5498.1955, PMID 11110660 

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