A feather display changes the outlineSourced
The greater lophorina presents a different frontal shape
In courtship, the male greater lophorina of New Guinea spreads its black cape feathers and blue-green breast shield around its head. The frontal view becomes a striking ellipse rather than the ordinary folded silhouette.
Rearranging feathers can transform the apparent shape.
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