Could be an adaptation with an answer in the lines similar to why people in
desert areas such as the Sahara etc wear black clothing, and a layer
underneath of white. I can't remember the reason for this though.
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> Hi All,
>
> I went up to Goschen last weekend (who isn't?) to see the Black
> Honeyeaters.
>
> There was still plenty around, along with budgies, cockatiels, crimson
> chats and whitebrowed and masked woodswallows.
>
> A friend asked an interesting question:
>
> "Its funny how both Pied and Black Honeyeaters are common to arid areas,
> when both birds plumage is prodominantly black and would attract the
> heat."
>
> Can anyone elaborate on the reason why a bird would evolve with black
> plumage in arid areas?
>
> Is the Black and Pied Honeyeaters migration patterns influenced by the
> heat?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
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