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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its functional beauty Maximizing stealth

[–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks 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 week ago

Wow thats insanely below average.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

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

Weird, that was my nickname in high school

Tit Warbler? Me too!

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Girls fart butterflies, unicorn fart these guys.

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

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

Look Raymond, a white-browed tit-warbler.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hummingbirds are close