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What Bird Has A Purple Feather?

  • Birds with purple feathers seem to be a rare sight. The color of a bird’s plumage is usually white, brown, grey, black, and red. However, there are birds that have purple bird feathers, which makes them more attractive than others. These birds include peacocks, penguins, ostriches, ducks, geese, etc.

    The plumage color of birds is usually determined by the pigment melanin, which is found in the feathers. This pigment is a form of protein. There are two types of melanin in birds: eumelanin and phaeomelanin. The eumelanin is responsible for the darker pigmentation of birds, while the phaeomelanin is responsible for the lighter pigmentation. Therefore, the birds with a purple plumage have more eumelanin and less phaeomelanin.

      August 18, 2022 1:38 AM MDT
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