Archive of Tag: structural color

collage of bird photos arranged to create a rainbow gradient

AnatomyFeathers

How Birds Make Colorful Feathers

Feathers

Iridescence Revealed in the Feathers of an Anna’s Hummingbird

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

Iridescent feathers on a Ribbon-tailed Astrapia

Feathers

Iridescence: and the Birds-of-Paradise

AnatomyFeathers

Color: and the Birds-of-Paradise

Bumblebee-Hummingbird-Throat-Feathers

Feathers

Brilliant Iridescent Throat Plumes of the Bumblebee Hummingbird