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What is pigment? |
A reflection of color that isnt absorbed by the bird. Ex. Northern cardinal is red because it absorbs all but red pigment |
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What are carotenoids? |
Colors that are produced by plants and are acquired by eating plants or something that has eaten a plant. Yellows and oranges in birdswhat |
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What is melanin? |
Black and brown Pigment created by enzyme and deposited in the growing feathers by color cells |
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What are porphyrins? |
Produced by amino acids Fluorescence that are exposed and look like bright colors when exposed to UV |
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What causes iridescent colors in feathers? |
Result of refraction of incident light caused by the microscopic structure of the feather barbules |
