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Plumage colour structures global patterns of mixed-species bird flocks
Kanika Aggarwal, Imran Samad, Maria Thaker, Kartik Shanker
This study finds that plumage color similarity drives the formation of mixed-species bird flocks globally, with birds in flocks being more color-similar than expected by chance.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.25.746914