Larger than a house sparrow, the fox sparrow sports a long rufous tail and can be found walking ... know it because you will hear it. A little brown bird always found on a tree trunk is called ...

Its bill was like a knitting needle, its legs weak and squatty, the tail just a tuft of stubby ... hoping to find some little brown birds that may be there and may not. And if they are, if you ...

At last the year has rolled around and it’s time for my favorite On the Wing tradition: the annual celebration of the most glorious bird ... long-tailed sparrows, almost uniformly dull brown ...

The unique combination of a short tail fan and two long feathers, known as a pintail, is seen in some modern birds, such as sunbirds ... the archaeology and Life's Little Mysteries editor at ...

Not to be outdone by anyone is the greater bird-of-paradise — a large bird that can be up to 43cm long. The male is maroon brown ... just a little. The males have just four tail feathers ...