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Encyclopedia > Crown (anatomy)

A crown is the top of the head.


The following birds and other animals are said to have a crown on their head:

(Bats:) A crane can be any of the following things: A crane is a piece of industrial machinery used for working on tall buildings or for lifting containers onto and off of ships in port. ... Binomial name Balearica regulorum (Bennett, 1834) The Grey-crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. ... Binomial name Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776) The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world. ... Binomial name Balearica pavonina Linnaeus, 1758 The Black-crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. ... Identification: Dark grey upperparts with rufous below, belly and breasts are heavily mottled with black. ... Binomial name Leucosticte tephrocotis (Swainson, 1832) The Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis, is a medium-sized finch. ... Binomial name Laniarius barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), also known as the Common Gonolek, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the bushshrike family. ... Binomial name Loriculus galgulus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Loriculus galgulus, is a small (length: 5 inches, 13cm) parrot found in forested lowlands from Thailand to Borneo. ... Heron (disambiguation) Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns. ... Binomial name Nycticorax violaceus Linnaeus, 1758 The Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax violaceus, is a smaller heron, similar in appearance to the Black-crowned Night Heron. ... Binomial name Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758 The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Europe, often just Night Heron), Nycticorax nycticorax, is a medium-sized heron. ... Genera Aceros Anorrhinus Anthracoceros Buceros Bucorvus Ceratogymna (=Bycanistes) Ocyceros Penelopides Tockus Hornbills (Family Bucerotidae) are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cows horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. ... Binomial name Tockus alboterminatus (Büttikofer, 1889) The Crowned Hornbill, Tockus alboterminatus is an African hornbill. ... Binomial name Ocyceros gingalensis Shaw, 1811 Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) is a hornbill. ... The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given family status because they also resemble the titmice. ... Binomial name Regulus satrapa (Lichtenstein, 1823) The Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, is a very small songbird. ... Binomial name Regulus calendula (Linnaeus, 1766) The Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula, is a very small songbird. ... Binomial name Momotus momota (Linnaeus, 1758) The Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota, is a near-passerine bird which is a resident breeder in the rain forests of Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. ... Binomial name Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, 1772) The White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, is a medium-sized sparrow. ... Binomial name Eremopterix grisea (Scopoli, 1786) The Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix grisea, is a passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. ... Species Tchagra senegala (Linnaeus, 1766) Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala) is a bushshrike. ... Binomial name Vermivora celata (Say, 1823) The Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. ... Binomial name Oenanthe leucopyga (Brehm, 1855) The White-crowned Wheatear, or White-crowned Black Wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga, is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. ...

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crown. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (360 words)
The crown as used in medieval and modern times is an elaboration of the diadem and is generally made of metal, often gold inlaid with precious gems.
The crown became thoroughly identified with the functions of monarchy, and the term crown is often used in a purely institutional sense, as in crown lands, crown colonies, and crown debt.
Among famous crowns of historic interest are the Lombard iron crown, kept at Monza, Italy; the crown of Charlemagne, at Vienna, Austria; and the sacred crown of St. Stephen of Hungary.
GIA | On Diamond Cut (552 words)
A crown angle is the angle of the bezel facet plane relative to the table plane.
Average crown height relative to the average diameter, reported to the nearest half of a percentage point (0.5%).
Crown height is measured from the table plane to the intersection of the bezel facet with the girdle.
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