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AnatomyFeathers

How Birds Make Colorful Feathers

Feathers

Bird Plumage Variations and Abnormalities

Feathers

Iridescence Revealed in the Feathers of an Anna’s Hummingbird

Illustrated flight feather

Feathers

Think About Feathers

photo of a Club Winged Manakin

AnatomyFeathers

Meet a Feather Scientist

Detail of a dinosaur covered in simple feathers, or dino fuzz

EvolutionFeathers

Feathers Through Time

roseate spoonbill - flight feathers

AnatomyFeathers

What Feathers Do

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AnatomyFeathers

How Feathers Are Built

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AnatomyFeathers

What is Unique to Birds?

Feathers

All About Feathers

Feathers

Feather Biology Slide Collection

Detail of blue feathers

Feathers

Everything You Need To Know About Feathers

photo of a Club Winged Manakin

FeathersSongs + Calls

Singing Wings -Behavior

A spectrogram of a Club-winged Manakin's wing sound

FeathersSongs + Calls

Singing Wings -Sounds

Wing feathers of the Club-winged Manakin

FeathersSongs + Calls

Singing Wings -Feathers

An animation showing how the Club-winged Manakin sings with its wings

FeathersSongs + Calls

Singing Wings -Solution

Club-winged Manakin perched on a branch

FeathersSongs + Calls

Singing Wings -Conclusion

The Black Sicklebill transformed during courtship display

BehaviorFeathers

Black Sicklebill: The Thin Blue Line

The colorful Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

EvolutionFeathers

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise: A Full Spectrum

The iridescent throat of a Magnificent Riflebird

EvolutionFeathers

Magnificent Riflebird: Directional Color

The long modified feathers on a King-of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise

EvolutionFeathers

King-of-Saxony: Giant Head Wires

Iridescent feathers on a Ribbon-tailed Astrapia

Feathers

Iridescence: and the Birds-of-Paradise

AnatomyFeathers

Color: and the Birds-of-Paradise

The diversity of colors in the Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise

AnatomyFeathers

Feathers: and the Birds-of-Paradise

Eastern Screech-Owl hides in a tree hole

FeathersHabitat

Eastern Screech-Owl Camouflage

Bird IDFeathers

Inside Birding: Color Pattern

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Feathers

Double-crested Cormorant Dries its Feathers

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Feathers

Common Tern Chicks

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Feathers

Brilliant Iridescent Throat Plumes of the Bumblebee Hummingbird

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Feathers

Bright Feathers of the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock

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Feathers

Camouflaged American Woodcock

American-Redstart-Singing

FeathersSongs + Calls

A Colorful Male American Redstart Sings

American-Bittern-Camouflage

Feathers

American Bittern Camouflages in the Reeds

Philippine Eagle in flight

BehaviorFeathers

Slow Motion Philippine Eagle Flight

BehaviorFeathers

Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise Male-Female Plumage Differences

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BehaviorFeathers

Preening Stork-billed Kingfisher

BehaviorFeathers

Subadult Plumage of the Paradise Riflebird

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Feathers

Contour Feathers of the King Penguin

Feathers

Molting Indigo Bunting