Distinctive colours and patterns play a significant role in the courtship of certain birds, helping them blend in with their surroundings as well.

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Birds have always stolen the show with their vibrant shades of feathers, turning ordinary skies into living canvases of ...

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How birds ...

Vibrant red birds seem to bring even more cheer to the season, but their meaning has impact year-round.

Caracas is home to hundreds of the brightly colored parrots, which have become collective mascots of the city. A blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara Ararauna) spreads its wings as it lands on a rooftop in the ...