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Avian Pigmentation Genetics: How Birds Get Their Colors
Ranging from simple browns to eye-popping oranges and greens, birds have some of the most unique colors in the animal kingdom ...
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How Do Birds Fly? Answers to Common Questions About Birds
Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...
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Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Jehol Biota
The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...