These Small Birds Flutter Their Wings to Say ‘After You’ to Their Partner A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages.

British birds photographed with rainbow wings. 18 February 2024. Share Save. Vanessa Pearce. BBC News, ... "But a blue tit with iridescent rainbow wings is a one-in-a-billion blue tit." ...

Oranges, blues, greens, violets – virtually the entire rainbow dances across the wing, except for red. A French scientist called Claude Charles Goureau first noticed these vivid hues back in 1843.

"I think garden birds in themselves are so beautiful but a blue tit is a blue tit is a blue tit, and there's plenty of them," he added. "But a blue tit with iridescent rainbow wings is a one-in-a ...