Yes, but the feathers will soon grow back.
I dont know about the female but a Male Cardnial appeared at my feeder today with out any tail feathers and I watchd him fly to a tree branch. My question would be why did this bird not have any tail ferthers?
Tail feathers are for steering, like the rudder on a boat.
Contour feathers are on the wings and tail.
I have seen sting rays that have only half of a tail or a little less, but never no tail at all. Seeing that they can live with partial tails I would say yes they can live without a tail, but it would probably shorten their lives considerable when you think about how many things they use their tail for.
A duck has feathers (not fur) and it does have a tail.
The tail feathers will grow back during the next molt. Do nothing and just let it be.
He has 3 tail feathers.
I dont know about the female but a Male Cardnial appeared at my feeder today with out any tail feathers and I watchd him fly to a tree branch. My question would be why did this bird not have any tail ferthers?
It may affect his steering in flight, but they will grow back.
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Tail feathers are for steering, like the rudder on a boat.
flight feathers
Contour feathers are on the wings and tail.
Many websites state that the tail of the Superb lyrebird has 16 feathers.
the tail has flight feathers and the flight feathers help a bird to fly.
tail feathers
yes