Female adult Common Cuckoos appear in two color morphs, shown here as half of the rufous (hepatic) form (left) and half of the gray morph (male-like, right). Several species of cuckoos, a genus of ...
Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ...
Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight. This is an adult male: Grey morph adult females have a pinkish-buff or buff background to the barring and the sides of the neck, and sometimes small rufous ...
A brown-morph tawny owl (Strix aluco), also known as the brown owl, hiding on a tree. This species has two plumage color morphs: brown and grey. (Credit: Anil Öztas / CC BY-SA 4.0) A recently ...
The kākāpō individual Hoki as an example of the green feather color polymorphism. Aotearoa New Zealand’s flightless parrot, the kākāpō, evolved two different color types to potentially help them avoid ...