Consider the Golden Mole (2019)

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> Iridescence turns up in many insects, some birds, the odd squid: but in only one mammal, the golden mole.

Peacocks? Crows in sunlight?

I'm not sure if you intended to imply otherwise or were just providing examples of iridescent birds, but birds are not mammals.

I’VE BEEN LIVING A LIE

Thank you very much for the correction.

But "crows in sunlight", poetry