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TIL the sunbittern, native to Central and South America, generally has a subdued brownish coloration while feeding. When alarmed, however, it displays its exceptional chestnut, black, and buff-yellow eyespots on the dorsal side of its wings and its colorful tail, which it uses in defensive displays.

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