The birds mentioned make themselves conspicuous
today, but during the evolution of this colour variation many many more
predators would have prevailed in a very different world making camo an
important trait for even the boldest creatures.
Certainly an interesting question with a myriad of
possible answers.
Cheers
Mark
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