Melanin pigment gives black, reddish brown and grey colours to birds and is involved in creating bright iridescent sheens in bird feathers.

Studies of Anchiornis huxleyi show grey bodies with reddish crests, while Microraptor sported glossy black feathers. It’s interesting to imagine what the world looked like millions of years ago.

In bird feathers, scientists find hints about color of extinct animals. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 09 / 160923152508.htm ...

Yellow-crowned night herons have grey bodies, black and white-head, vibrant red eyes, and yellow crown consisting of a long plume. johnandersonphoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

The striking bird has a black belly instead of the usual striking white and the feathers on its neck also appear to be black instead of yellow. Yves, from Ghent, Belgium, said: 'I was very happy ...

Feather lice are small, wingless insects that spend their whole lives among the plumage of birds, eating feathers and flakes of skin. The discovery of a 44-million-year-old fossil louse with ...

At first, she told Al.com, she figured it was a species of yellow bird she had never seen before. Then she realized that the creature, with its black mask and crested head, looked just like a ...

Built in June on the fork of a horizontal conifer branch near the trunk at low to moderate height, the yellow-rumped Warbler’s nest contains 3 to 6 eggs. Polytypic (6 ssp.). Length 5.3".

The rainbow-sheened feathers of the male bird of paradise are an eye-catching way to snag a mate. Now, a new study finds the birds owe their shimmer to feathers that reflect light like mirrors.

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species. WASHBURN: Yellow-headed blackbird a beautiful Iowa native Skip to ...

In short: Tweety, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo, was born with leucism, a rare genetic mutation that affects the pigmentation of the birds' feathers, causing them to turn completely yellow.