82% Species of Birds-of-Paradise are Biofluorescent, New Study Shows

82% Species of Birds-of-Paradise are Biofluorescent, New Study Shows
The greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Image credit: Andrea Lawardi.

Ornithologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found 37 of the 45 currently recognized species of birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent.

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 Ornithologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found 37 of the 45 currently recognized species of birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent.
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