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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Only for male fashion. For the ladies, brown is in. Female tit-warbler showing brown coat

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its functional beauty Maximizing stealth

[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And it's highly effective!

Predation accounts for a relatively low rate of nest failure: only 34% compared to an average of 80% for birds in similar habitats. This may be enabled by their well camouflaged nests, or simply the lack of local predators.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-browed_tit-warbler

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

Wow thats insanely below average.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I thought for sure this had to have the saturation cranked up (very common when people post colorful birds), but the pic is straight from the Macauly Library and, if anything, underplays the fine details of the colors due to the image degradation.

[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Look I love warbling tits as much as the next guy, but ornithologists are the horniest scientists in the game.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Can we talk about the "tit-warbler" part?

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Weird, that was my nickname in high school

Tit Warbler? Me too!

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Girls fart butterflies, unicorn fart these guys.

Look Raymond, a white-browed tit-warbler.