colorful plumage
Bright bird covering
Colorful plumage refers to the bright, vivid feathers of a bird.
Plumage is a bird's feather coat collectively, and when colorful, it typically signals mating fitness—peacocks and parrots display colorful plumage to attract mates.
The phrase extends figuratively to showy dress or appearance in humans: He arrived in his usual colorful plumage—purple jacket, gold chains, feathered hat.
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- tail feathersPosterior flight plumes
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- bright colorsIntense, saturated hues
- courtship displayRitual to attract partners
mating dance · show off · iridescence · sexual selection · birdwatching · camouflage · genetic mutation · preening · tanager · lorikeet · ornithology · resplendent · folk tales · quetzal · symbolism · natural selection · molting · peacock
- parrot thingsmacaw, cockatoo, parakeet, mimicry, Polly
- bird featherstail feathers, flight feathers, down feathers, contour feathers
- parrot art
display function/sexual selection
colorful plumageprotective coloration
Concealing pigmentation for survival