Re: Urban Bush Thickknees on knees in birds.

[Carl Clifford <>]

Peter,

It is called the knee in my ornithological anatomy texts, so no, I  
suppose there isn't.
Carl Clifford


On 19/04/2008, at 5:55 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
I asked for that, didn't I?  What I meant was "Forgetting the  
question of whether birds have knees".
Greg did say "Birds don't have knees and the joint that is equivalent  
to the knee in humans is well hidden by feathers".  Is there any  
technical reason why this joint shouldn't be called a knee, despite  
it being the equivalent of one?
Peter Shute


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