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Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...
Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.
Rene Martin/American Museum of Natural History Of all the birds-of-paradise species, three genera (Lycocorax, Manucodia and Phonygammus) showed no evidence of biofluorescence.
Not all birds-of-paradise had these patches, however. Eight species from the genera Lycocorax, Manucodia and Phonygammus appear to have lost their ability to fluoresce, which may be due to differences ...
These birds-of-paradise seem to tick all 4, including in their mouths as well as their plumage.
The team expects to find more birds of paradise species in New Guinea's biodiverse forests, which are so isolated and remote that human development has not encroached greatly on the birds' habitats.
In a study published Tuesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers found evidence of biofluorescence in most birds-of-paradise species.
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