Pigeonary

goulian · Mar 19, 2008

Hi Everyone,

I just joined a pigeon site called PigeonElite.com. After doing that it allowed me to download a list of pigeon sport related terms, a Pigeonary is what they call it. It has a load of words that I did not know, but surely many of you professional and non-professional but knowledgeable folks already know many of the terms.

Two of them caught my eye as possibly being a mistake, but not knowing myself, I turn to you guys to set me straight. The two are as follows:

Cere (eye) - Bare skin around the eye.

Wattle - Fleshy cover on the nostrils behind the upper beak.

Are these definations actually correct?

Thanks for the help.

Mike

Skyeking · Mar 19, 2008

That is pretty much my definitions of those words. White wattle is above the beak and cere is the white around the eyes.

Here is our Dictionary/Glossary of Pigeon Terms links, it includes that one (you can find it in the resources section):

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=25688

goulian · Mar 19, 2008

Wow. All this time I thought the cere was the swollen area above the beak. I had never associated it with the eyes. Live and learn. Thanks, Trees Gray, I always like learning new things. Looks like I got some more learnin to git.

Take care, All.

Mike

Hambone · Mar 20, 2008

Me too Mike .... I thought the cere was the fleshy part on the beak .

So pigeons have wattles , I would have never guessed . Thanks for setting me straight guys .

Bob

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