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

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

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

Its functional beauty Maximizing stealth

[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Wow thats insanely below average.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Girls fart butterflies, unicorn fart these guys.

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

Weird, that was my nickname in high school

[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Tit Warbler? Me too!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Look Raymond, a white-browed tit-warbler.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hummingbirds are close