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Some female hummingbirds know how to avoid the attention of aggressive males, biologists say: The girls have developed feathers that make them the spitting image of boys. Researchers studying the ...

Some female birds are dressed to the nines – yet oddly interact less with others. Brightly colored feathers may be the key for these female hummingbirds to avoid physical fights with others of their ...

In many bird species, males are easy to spot because of their bright, beautiful plumage. When the sexes diverge in coloring, females often have drabber colors. In one type of hummingbird, these color ...

Hummingbirds with brightly colored feathers typical of males are harassed by other birds less frequently than those with drab female-colored feathers. Male coloring in one species of hummingbird gives ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --Female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds are less likely to be harassed at feeding time if they have the brightly colored ornamentation of their male counterparts, a new study has ...

In good light, male Rufous Hummingbirds glow like coals: bright orange on the back and belly, with a vivid iridescent-red ...

Hummingbird season is approaching in Bucks County. All about the ruby-throated hummingbird's spring migration and how to ...