Where other black birds like crows are shiny because of structures in their feather barbules, the cassowary instead derives its shine from a smooth, wide rachis—the main “stem” of the feather.

With its black iridescent feathered body ... What makes cassowaries so shiny?” Unlike in other shiny birds, such as hummingbirds or crows, the cassowary’s glossiness is produced by the ...

Crows can often intimidate other smaller birds if they're properly deterred from your feeder.Some tips include choosing specific bird seeds, using shiny objects, and investing in crow-proof bird ...

According to the "Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas," Arizona crows tend to ... Both are large and shiny black, but ravens are slightly larger and have bigger beaks. And while crows "caw," ravens ...

Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with ... on the shiny, the bill is shiny black. On the closed wings the secondaries show obvious pale fringes on the brown-headed.

Alaska’s ravens and crows are shiny black pranksters that eviscerate ... and curiosity can take a criminal turn. Rock-dropping black birds — maybe ravens, maybe crows — are accused of ...

There are similar melanosomes around today, and they’re found in the feathers of glossy black birds. Most feathers ... way they are stacked to fashion shiny feathers from matte ones.