These birds of a feather are known for their fluffy plumage and friendly temperament.

这些同类鸟类以它们蓬松和友好性情而闻名。

These extraordinary plumages are designed to entice and attract.

这些令人惊讶附件，旨在产生诱惑和吸引。

As the pigeons bathe, oil from their plumage flows downstream and is detected.

鸽子在清洗过程中，上油脂沿河流而下，被捕食者察觉。

The area's shallow salt lagoons are home to thousands of migratory birds as well as flocks of flamingos like these, whose bright pink plumage stands out against the arid landscapes of Bolivia's Altiplano region.

该地区浅盐泻湖是成千上万候鸟和成群火烈鸟家园，这些火烈鸟明亮粉红色与玻利维亚Altiplano地区干旱地貌形成鲜明对比。

We find plumage attractive in the same way that birds find it attractive.

我们跟鸟一样觉得很有吸引力。

His plumage was beautiful now, and he felt great.

他现在变漂亮了，他感到很高兴。

Instead, they have dark brown feathers with varying amounts of white streaks in their plumage.

相反，它们呈深棕色，并掺着不同数量白条纹。

The regiment fluttered like a bird preening its plumage and became motionless.

兵像梳理小鸟，振作精神，接着就肃静了。

So peacocks get all the attention when it comes to iridescent plumage, but I think that the fanciest rainbow feathers belong to the smallest members of the living dinosaur family, hummingbirds.

所以当谈到彩虹色时，孔雀是最受关注，但是我认为最漂亮彩虹属于现存恐龙家族中最小成员，蜂鸟。

Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's phoenix, was standing on his golden perch beside the door. The size of a swan, with magnificent scarlet-and-gold plumage, he swished his long tail and blinked benignly at Harry.

邓布利多教授凤凰福克斯栖在门边金色栖木上，个头有天鹅那么大，鲜红和金色光彩夺目。它摇动长长尾，友善地朝哈利眨着眼睛。

Other poets have warbled the praises of the soft eye of the antelope, and the lovely plumage of the bird that never alights; less celestial, I celebrate a tail.

别诗人用柔和颤音讴歌羚羊温柔眼睛，和鸟儿从不会落到地上可爱翅膀，我没有那么超凡脱俗，我赞美是一条尾巴。

There is a little brown sparrow, resembling the hairbird, save a general tint of russet in his plumage, that may be heard distinctly among the warbling host.

与梳妆鸟在一起还有一种小小棕色麻雀，除了上普遍赤褐色外，它叫声在一群鸟中间很容易区分开来。

Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.

斜坡上长满了奇异花草，鸟儿披着罕见美丽唱着歌儿，在树林里和灌木丛中自由地飞舞。

The differences between the species' songs may be cultural, and have come about after the split. But the differences in plumage are clearly genetic.

这两种物种间鸣啭上差异可能是由文化造成，而且是在物种分裂之后产生，但上差异显然是遗传。

Female birds look for signs of fitness that range from the flamboyant plumage of the peacock to the bizarre dances of birds of paradise.

雌鸟择偶标准通常会从如孔雀般华丽到鸟类奇异舞蹈等等。

First, the team had to devise a way to deal with the 11,966 types of plumage they had set out to examine.

首先，队设计了处理将要调查11,966种方法。

Overpriced homes are like the extravagant plumage of a peacock, an eye-catching encumbrance that only the most resourceful males can put on display.

过高房价如同孔雀屏风，引人眼球却是累累重荷，唯有资源最丰富雄性才有能力展示。

Researchers in the United States have found a majority of birds of paradise have plumage that glows in a range of colours.

美国研究人员发现，大多数天堂鸟都能发出系列绚丽光彩。

Other studies have shown that birds with orange and red plumage are similarly less creeped out by orange and red clothing.

其他研究表明，有橙色和红色鸟类同样也不太会被橙色和红色衬衫吓到。

Their plumage changes little with the seasons and their nests are easy to spot against the exposed tundra soil.

它们几乎不随季节而变化，而它们巢穴在苔原上裸露泥土映衬下极易被识别。