Hummingbird iridescence
Hummingbirds are one of the most beautiful birds in the world, they have a great variety of shapes and colors, this makes them one of the most sought after animals by wildlife photographers. And although in appearance, their feathers are sililar to those of most other birds, their pigments and their structural shape keep a great secret, iridescence. This feature allows them to vary the color of their feathers depending on the angle of the light. It is still being investigated what is the function that this characteristic fulfills in the life of hummingbirds, however there is no doubt that it gives it an incomparable beauty in the animal queen.
Los colibríes son de las aves más bellas del mundo, presentan una gran variedad de formas y colores, esto los convierte en uno de los animales más buscadas por los fotógrafos de vida salvaje. Y aunque en apariencia, sus plumas son similares a las de la mayoría de la otras aves, sus pigmentos y su forma estructural guardan un gran secreto, la iridiscencia. Esta característica les permite variar el color de sus plumas dependiendo del ángulo de incidencia de la luz. Aún se investiga cual es la función que esta característica cumple el la vida de los colibríes, sin embargo no cabe duda que le aporta una belleza inigualable en el reina animal.
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