![A hummingbird with a green body and bright iridescent magenta feathers on its head and throat perches on a branch.](https://media.audubon.org/web_rr5m5k.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
The Vibrant Colors of Hummingbirds Are More Impressive Than We’d Realized
December 13, 2022 —
Scientists catalogued the hues of 114 avian species. Humans can’t see every shade, but birds can.
Marion Renault is a freelance science journalist based in Brooklyn. She's also a graduate of NYU's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program and a former intern for Radiolab and Popular Science.