The part of the tambourine that you "bang on" is called a membrane.
Yes, a tambourine is a percussion instrument.
Timbrel
Tambourinette/ Timbrel
The palm is common but I think any part would be fine.
The tambourine has small round discs that make a jingling sound when it is shaken or when the "drum" part of it is rubbed or struck with the hand or tapped against the player's leg.
spinnerets
The tambourine has small round discs that make a jingling sound when it is shaken or when the "drum" part of it is rubbed or struck with the hand or tapped against the player's leg.
pellet bells
big bang: This is the big bang theory
She is playing her tambourine inside her room.
The tambourine is an unpitched percussion instrument.
Brittnie Marie Drummond was the inventor of the tambourine