Both young birds and adults have a partial prenuptial molt in the late winter and early spring, involving the contour feathers, wing coverts, tertials, and the tail.
A partial postjuvenal molt, including most of the body plumage and some of the scapulars, wing coverts, and tertials and takes place in October or later.
The partial prenuptial molt of adults comes in April and May and involves the body plumage, but not all the scapulars or rump or wing coverts.
Adults have a partial prenuptial molt between February and June, involving most of the body plumage, but not all of the scapulars, wing coverts, and tertials.
First winter plumage acquired by a partial postjuvenal moult, beginning early in July, which involves the body plumage and wing coverts, but not the rest of the wings nor the tail, young and old becoming practically indistinguishable.
A partial postjuvenal molt begins early in July, involving the contour plumage and the wing coverts, but not the rest of the wings or the tail.
The incomplete postjuvenal molt, involving the contour plumage and the wing coverts, but not the rest of the wings or the tail, begins about the middle of July.
The partial postjuvenal molt, beginning early in July, involves the contour plumage and the wing coverts, but not the rest of the wings or the tail.
Sooty grayish-black all over except the under wing coverts, which are whitish; eye brown, bill and feet black.
Head gray, with a white crescent in front of the eye; underparts buffy, heavily spotted with black; wing coverts blue; speculum green.
Wing coverts blue; speculum green, divided by a line of white.
Head, neck and speculum dark green, under parts reddish brown, breast and back white, wing coverts blue.
This beautiful black and white bird with rosy red breast and under wing coverts, is one of the most pleasing of our songsters.
The males of these birds may be identified by the white speculum and the chestnut wing coverts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wing coverts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
