Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird‘s feathers is the result of pigment, not a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, lime green, chartreuse, or ...

To better understand plumage color in parrots, ... secondaries, primaries and tail) for each sex and extracted red, green, and blue (RGB) color values from 400 randomly chosen pixels in each patch ...

A combination of chemical and genetic analyses of the parrots revealed that ALDH3A2 is more active in yellow and green feathers than in red ones, suggesting that the enzyme helps feathers color swap.

Biologists reveal the genetic 'switch' behind parrot color diversity Date: November 15, 2024 ... a species that displays both green (i.e., yellow psittacofulvin-containing) and red plumage patches.

Many brightly colored birds get their pigments from the foods that they eat, but that's not true of parrots. Now, researchers reporting a study of familiar pet store parakeets -- also known as ...

From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a study published in the journal Science, scientists from The ...