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With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other ...
Bird ecologist Eric Woehler said in his 45-year career "this is the first time I've seen a yellow-tailed black cockatoo that's missing the black". "It's quite a remarkable bird," he said.
A firm favourite amongst Australian bird watches, the yellow-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) is a larrikin of the skies.With cheeky antics and distinct, yellow flashes of feathers, it ...
Birds are feathered beauties, with some having tail feathers that make them look stunningly beautiful. Species such as the Long-tailed Widowbirds and the Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo have ...
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.
This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.