The plumage can vary in Britain from almost pure white to black, but is usually shades of brown, with a pale ' necklace ' of feathers.

The plumage of the immature is brown.

The plumage of an adult Bald Eagle is evenly brown with a white head and tail.

Males and females are identical in plumage coloration, but sexual dimorphism is evident in the species in that females are 25 percent larger than males.

From the crown to the lores, the plumage is distinctly lighter, sometimes whitish.

The basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish ; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks.

Males and females were similar in plumage, although there is evidence for differences in size, particularly in the bill and femur length.

Some individuals had grey plumage on their flanks, but the purpose of this is unknown.

Claims that the bird in the Luneau video is a normal pileated woodpecker are based on misrepresentations of a pileated's underwing pattern, interpretation of video artifacts as plumage pattern, and inaccurate models of takeoff and flight behavior.

* The Indigobird is a bird with a buff colored breast and indigo colored plumage and tailfeathers.

* The Indigo Bunting is a small bird native to North America known for the male's brightly colored breeding plumage.

Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside ; the remiges are also blackish.

* The Okarito Kiwi, also known as the Rowi or Okarito Brown Kiwi, Apteryx rowi, first identified as a new species in 1994, is slightly smaller, with a greyish tinge to the plumage and sometimes white facial feathers.

It is approximately the size of the Great Spotted Kiwi and is similar in appearance to the Brown Kiwi but its plumage is lighter in colour.

This form is distinguished by a more strongly downcurved bill and more rufous plumage.

The plumage is streaky red-brown and spiky.

The neck is pinkish-red, the plumage of males is black and white, and the plumage of females is grey.

Roosters can usually be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage of long flowing tails and shiny, pointed feathers on their necks ( hackles ) and backs ( saddle ) which are typically of brighter, bolder colors than those of females of the same species.

Southern resident species typically show less sexual dimorphism, although there are exceptions like the Paradise Shelduck of New Zealand which is both strikingly sexually dimorphic and where the female's plumage is brighter than that of the male.

Its name derives from the typically white plumage.

The subfamily typically has brighter plumage and brightly coloured bare skin around the eye.

Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls.

They are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head.

They are medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings.

Their plumage is typically dull grey or brown, although some species have white markings and the Long-tailed Tit has some pinkish colour.

The male's plumage is variable ; typically the head, breast, back and wing-coverts are blackish with pale streaks.

These large fish-eaters typically have black-and-white, brown and / or green hues in their plumage, and most have shomewhat shaggy crests.

They are typically larger than the other sunbirds, with drab brown plumage that is the same for both sexes and long down-curved beaks.

The size, black cap, strong bill ( 29 – 34 mm in males, 25 – 27 mm and stubbier in females, with a pronounced gonys ) and more positive flight recall Common or Arctic Tern, but the short, forked-looking tail and dark grey breeding plumage above and below are typically marsh tern characteristics.

The males are typically black and yellow or orange, with white markings ; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller.

The non-breeding plumage is typically white underneath with a black crown, nape, wings and back.

In addition to the well-known nominate subspecies found throughout most of the species ' South American range, there are two more localized subspecies: rubrigularis from southern Central America and the Chocó has an overall paler plumage and typically a relatively distinct pinkish patch on the throat, and reichenowi from the Atlantic Forest in east Brazil has a paler bill and most of the underparts blue.

They are typically 51 cm long and weigh 500 g. They have fairly dull plumage, dark brown above and paler below.

It has been depicted with brownish-grey plumage, yellow feet, a tuft of tail feathers, a grey, naked head, and a black, yellow, and green beak.

Perhaps one in 50, 000 penguins ( of most species ) are born with brown rather than black plumage.

They have black plumage and large beaks.

Shrikes are medium-sized birds, up to in length, with grey, brown, or black and white plumage.

In winter, the plumage of both sexes is browner than other subspecies, and in summer, the male's black cap is smaller than that of other subspecies.

The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white.

All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and large beaks.

The genus name Fratercula is derived from Latin and means " little brother ", a reference to the black and white plumage, which resembles monastic robes.

The plumage is usually composed of browns, whites, chestnut, black and grey, often with barring of patterning.

Black Swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills.

They have brown to grey-brown plumage of shaggy appearance ; the shafts and the tips of the feathers are black.

Verreaux's Eagle ( A. verreauxii ) are most similar in size and body shape to the Golden but are almost entirely black ( except for some whitish color on the wing primary ) in plumage and are not known to co-occur with the Golden Eagle in Africa.

The dominating colours of their plumage are generally drab, composed of grey, brown, black and white, and most species show some barring, especially to tail and / or wings.

* The Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen, is conspicuously piebald, with black and white plumage reminiscent of a European Magpie.

The plumage of most seabirds is less colourful than that of land birds, restricted in the main to variations of black, white or grey.

The adult plumage is uniformly black, with the exception of a frill of white feathers nearly surrounding the base of the neck which are meticulously kept clean by the bird.

Most have streaked brown plumage, some boldly marked with black or white.

The soft plumage of some species is colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage.