New Zealand’s kākāpō developed different feather colors to evade predatory birds (IMAGE)

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New Zealand’s kākāpō developed different feather colors to evade predatory birds

Caption

The kākāpō individual Hoki as an example of the green feather color polymorphism.

Credit

Lydia Uddstrom, New Zealand Department of Conservation (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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