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All but four of the surviving skins are in summer plumage, and only two of these are immature.
Males in immature and winter plumage and are similar to females, except that adult males retain the white wing patches all year.
The white plumage of immature birds is often mixed with black.
Chicks are naked at first, then grow white down feathers all over, before moulting to the immature plumage.
They spend the following month in a creche or " pod ", moulting into immature plumage and eventually learning to fly.
They have colourful plumage and resemble kingfishers, with green heads, backs and wings, red throats ( absent in immature Puerto Rican, Broad-billed, and Narrow-billed Todies ) with a white and blue-grey stripe on each side, and yellow undertail coverts ; the colour of the rest of the undersides is pale and varies according to species.
The down feathers have been moulted into the immature plumage and at an age of 3 months another moult brings them in their subadult plumage and now the two sexes can be easily distinguished.
Goshawks are usually more distinctive in their larger size and differing plumage markings, with the juvenile Goshawk having broader, darker streaking below with more irregular patterns than the immature Cooper's.
The males show vivid colours in the breeding season ; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller.
Following the general pattern observed among icterids, the overall plumage pattern seen in immature male Bullock's orioles closely resembles that seen in adult females.
The males are typically black and yellow or orange, with white markings ; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller.
The juvenile plumage of immature Blue-headed Vireos is not distinct but very similar to the adult plumage.
However, Knob-billed Ducks in immature plumage are rarely seen without adults nearby and thus they are usually easily identified too.
Their mandibular plates are black until the moult into immature plumage.
Soon after fledging, juveniles moult into their first immature plumage, and more closely resemble the adult female.
Birds in their second year moult into a second immature phase, some males of which may resemble adult males, while others retain a more immature brown plumage.
The plumage of the immature is unknown.
nigrescens lack the greenish immature plumage of the other subspecies of Crimson Rosella
Immature birds are also similar in appearance to immature Herring Gulls, with browner plumage than immature Ring-billed Gulls.
Birds in winter plumage and immature birds are mainly grey on the upperparts and breast and white on the underparts with streaking.
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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 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.
plumage and brown
Perhaps one in 50, 000 penguins ( of most species ) are born with brown rather than black plumage.
Shrikes are medium-sized birds, up to in length, with grey, brown, or black and white plumage.
The female ( peahen ) Indian Peafowl has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage.
The plumage of hornbills is typically black, grey, white, or brown, although typically offset by bright colours on the bill, or patches of bare coloured skin on the face or wattles.
They have brown to grey-brown plumage of shaggy appearance ; the shafts and the tips of the feathers are black.
It is about 10 % larger, longer and less contrasted than its relative the serin, and has more grey and brown in its plumage and relatively shorter wings.
These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their heads and necks.
It has brown and white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest, and generally measures in length and weighs.
They are strongly sexually dimorphic, and parts of the females ' plumage are brown or grey.
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.
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.
The male of the nominate subspecies, which is found throughout most of Europe, is all black except for a yellow eye-ring and bill and has a rich melodious song ; the adult female and juvenile have mainly dark brown plumage.
The first year male resembles the adult male, but has a dark bill and weaker eye ring, and its folded wing is brown, rather than black like the body plumage.
The juvenile has brown plumage.
It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage.
Wild birds usually appear soiled with a rusty or brown shade to the white plumage, derived from mud or iron-rich soil.
The adult of the nominate subspecies of the Alpine Chough has glossy black plumage, a short yellow bill, dark brown irises, and red legs.
The adult Australian Magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm ( 14. 5 – 17 in ) in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill.
The plumage of the House Sparrow is mostly different shades of grey and brown.
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