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Waterfowl and gamebirds

Flights of fancy: the evolution of plumage patterns in male and female birds

18 Dec 2013

Research published today looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females – and concludes that...

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Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colours

23 Jun 2011

Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.

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