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The peacock has colorful plumage.
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Once abundant on the island, this ground-foraging dove – with an earthy red-brown plumage and a quiet, mournful call – disappeared from the wild by 1972.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
But in reality, the system misidentifies common birds, cameras miss the clarity to distinguish plumage and detail, and battery life proves too short for real daily use.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 4 July 2025
The Rockefeller Wing features several dozen—a rooster with filigreed plumage, the famous mask depicting a queen mother, and plaques that once adorned the kingdom’s royal palace, which British troops ransacked and burned in 1897.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Standing in their breeding plumage, the shorebirds are a sight to behold.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
But in reality, the system misidentifies common birds, cameras miss the clarity to distinguish plumage and detail, and battery life proves too short for real daily use.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 4 July 2025
The Rockefeller Wing features several dozen—a rooster with filigreed plumage, the famous mask depicting a queen mother, and plaques that once adorned the kingdom’s royal palace, which British troops ransacked and burned in 1897.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Standing in their breeding plumage, the shorebirds are a sight to behold.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Plumage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumage. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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plumage
noun
plum·age
ˈplü-mij 
: the feathers of a bird
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