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It seems like many beaks are yellow, but that's because they get your attention faster. If you look at Songbirds, very few of them will have yellow beaks.

The yellow color in bird beaks is caused by pigments called carotenoids. Carotenoids are chemicals that have nutritive properties and that exist in the pigment that colors plants and animals. As fat-soluble materials, carotenoids are ingested in countless colorful fruits and vegetables. They are important as antioxidants and for their capacity to get converted to essential vitamins.

A pale yellow beak indicates that the bird is not in breeding color, that there may be a dietary deficiency such as with Vitamin E, or if it is a female bird, such as the chicken or duck, it will indicate that the bird is laying eggs and all this color is going to the yolk which will feed the baby bird within the egg.

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