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Beak color variation
Beak color variation in different bird species. Above left, a Medium Ground-Finch fledgling with a yellow lower beak begs for food from its parent. Above right, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Below left, a Yellow-footed Gull with a bright yellow beak and legs. Below right, a Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher with a bright red beak. Carotenoid pigments form the basis for red and yellow color in bird beaks and in Darwin's finch nestlings, a genetic mutation interrupts a key carotenoid processing gene, leading to a bright yellow beak.
Tui de Roy – Roving Tortoise Photos (finch) and Erik D. Enbody.
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- Tui de Roy – Roving Tortoise Photos (finch) and Erik D. Enbody.
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