PhysOrg Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 An ornithological mystery has been solved! Puzzling red feathers have been popping up in eastern North America's "yellow-shafted" population of Northern Flickers, but they aren't due to genes borrowed from their "red-shafted" cousins to the west, according to a new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances. Instead, the culprit is a pigment that the birds are ingesting in the berries of exotic honeysuckle plants. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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