text: Like many modern birds , Anchiornis exhibited a complex pattern of coloration with different colors in speckled patterns across the body and wings , or `` within - and among-feather plumage coloration . ''
simplified: Like many modern birds , Anchiornis exhibited a complex pattern of coloration with different colors in speckled patterns across the body and wings , or `` within - and among-feather plumage coloration '' .