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Australian Finches Have Different Colored Bills Due To A Few Genes That Dictate How They Process Yellow Pigments From Their Diet
The orange-billed hybrids occur in a small region to the west of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Today, most long-tailed finches in Australia have bright red bills. The red hue comes from ...
The sad story of the little-known paradise parrot
The young grazier and wildlife enthusiast suspected he was on to something special. In December 1920, Cyril Jerrard was ...
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The Bird With the Blood-Thirsty Beak
As you’ll see in the above video, the vampire ground finch is one blood-thirsty little bird. The vampire finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) is an unusual bird that only lives on two remote islands ...