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Typically, females appear less colorful than males; this adaptation helps protect females from predators. Such an adaptation is important considering that females are usually the primary parents.

Resplendent Quetzal. Image via Unsplash Native to the tropical forests of Central America, the Resplendent Quetzal is a stunning bird adorned with vibrant green plumage and a distinctive red breast.

Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, from Savegre in Costa. Image via depositphotos. Native to Central America’s cloud forests, the Resplendent Quetzal is renowned for its vivid green plumage, ...

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The water is collected by “rocking.” The bird shifts its body side to side and repeatedly shakes the belly feathers in the water; fill-up can take as long as fifteen minutes. Thanks to coiled hairlike ...

The Type I feathers are more similar to primitive feathers found in non-avian theropods – or three-toed dinosaurs – than modern birds, with slightly curved barbules and no hook-groove mechanism.