Feather iridescence of coeligena hummingbird species varies due to differently organized barbs and barbules

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Coeligena and colleagues from the Biophysics Group, Institute of Physics, University of Antioquia, Colombia have published the paper: Feather iridescence of Coeligena hummingbird species varies due to differently organized barbs and barbules, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 01/09/2022
• what: As the gorget and frontlet, the most intensely coloured body patches, are presumably involved in courtship behaviours, the authors focused the study on feathers of those areas.

SUMMARY

Males of many hummingbird species have highly iridescent gorget and crown patches that are involved in courtship, aggressive and territorial displays . . .

 



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