Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird’s feathers is the result of pigment, not a ...

With its vivid red, blue, yellow feathers, Scarlet Macaw is one of most striking birds in the Amazon rainforest. This parrot's radiant colors help it blend into the vibrant canopy ...

Birds get the green (and red) light Date: July 6, 2016 Source: Society for Experimental Biology Summary: Japanese quail grow and breed best under green and red lighting.

Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America. The uniform bloodred feathers seen against a bright green ...

The male Brewer’s is more strongly glossy, showing blue on head and green on body. In winter some young male Brewer’s’ show buff tipping on breast, head, and upperparts, but tertials are ...

But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak — don’t instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the ...