Breeding-plumage
nuptial plumage.
the plumage assumed by a male bird during the courtship period, especially in those species that are more colorful at this period.
Historical Examples
Birds of Guernsey (1879) Cecil Smith
Birds and all Nature, Vol. V, No. 5, May 1899 Various
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