feather color
Avian hue pattern
Feather color refers to the pigmentation and structural properties that determine a bird's plumage appearance.
Birdwatchers and ornithologists use feather color as a primary identification marker: The feather color helps distinguish males from females in many species.
Color may result from pigments like melanin or carotenoids, or from light refraction in feather structure, as with iridescent plumage.
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- moltShed outer covering
- hueColor's specific character
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