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posted March 27th, 2010; last edited April 9th, 2010 –– David Sibley

More false faces in birds

In a previous post I wrote about false faces in birds, using the example of a Downy Woodpecker to show how color patterns create the illusion that the bird is looking straight at you when, in fact, it is looking the other way. I promised a few more examples, so here they are:

First, one [...]