In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away ... on the visual conversations in which they are engaged: colourful birds signal not to us but to potential mates colourful flowers also try to find ...

The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) is a highly colorful bird found in northern and eastern Australia. It has a red bill, a blue head and belly, a green back and wings and a dappled ...

conducted by BirdLife Australia, recorded 4.1 million bird sightings across the week-long event in October, with more than 57,000 participants taking part. The rainbow lorikeet's colourful plumage ...

Cities across Australia are growing ... and parks can create pockets of native habitat that allow colourful and melodious birds to thrive. Beyond beautifying our urban spaces, these actions ...

In addition, successful urban bird species have more elaborate colours in their plumage, which is especially true for females. Cities seem to favour more colourful birds – probably because there are ...

Robert Heinsohn, professor of evolutionary biology at the Australian National University, explains. Males are more colorful or ornamented than females in most, but not all, bird species.

Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colorful and less brown. Urbanization has a huge impact on the ecosystem and poses enormous challenges to animals and plants. The ongoing ...