Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird’s feathers is primarily a combination of ...

These corvids are all visually striking in their own way, but perhaps none so much as the green jay, a tropical bird found in just ... bodies and sharply marked blue-and-black heads.

visitors take a meandering path through a lush tropical forest where many of the birds, such as the red-and-yellow beaked toucan and the Nicobar pigeons with iridescent green and blue feathers ...

The bird has a blue-gray head and yellow-orange underside. It is native to South and Central America, but has been spotted around U.S. states, mostly along the border in Mexico. A tropical parula ...

Parrots, toucans, and other brightly colored tropical birds are typically found exactly ... is an example of structural color. [Related: Why blue animals are so rare in nature.] ...

The tropical rainforest nurtures some of the most striking and colourful birds in the world ... recognised by its striking blue upper parts, yellow underparts, a green forehead, and a long ...

Hundreds of electric green parakeets, more commonly associated ... in Europe — researchers are trying to understand how a tropical bird has flourished in cold climates. One explanation for ...

violet or blue, then emit the light in a lower-energy wavelength. Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests ...

"These beautiful birds are considered uncommon for Bexar County and their vibrant blue crown and green feathers are a sight to see," the department wrote in its post on Monday, December 9.

But now, by examining prepared specimens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, scientists have discovered what could be yet another tool in the kit of the tropical birds — a ...

Christina Riehl, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will present “Biology and Conservation of Tropical Birds: Linking Life History to Ecology” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online ...