Lilac-breasted Roller tops the list with nine distinct colors. Structural coloration, not just pigments, gives birds their vibrant hues. Birds' spectacular colors are crucial for survival and mating.

The long-held idea that birds living near the equator are more colorful than those living closer to the poles is true, suggests a recent study Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis). The sexes look ...

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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 ...

Glistening Green, Best Portrait Gold Award winner. A green Tanager in a tropical forest of Mashpi Amagusa Reserve, Ecuador. The image of a peregrine falcon tackling a brown pelican that ventured too ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Hummingbirds are AMAZING. Let's talk about them. These birds love color, especially the red. So I try to gather as many hanging baskets as I think hummingbirds would enjoy. They ...

Discover 10 amazing birds that swim as well as—or better than—fish. From penguins to puffins, meet the avian experts of the ...