So the two species were lumped into one and both given the same new name -- the yellow-rumped warbler. So what’s in a name? Quite a bit – if you’re a bird. This is Michael Ellis with a Perspective.

"But the longer we discussed this, the more I came around to seeing their viewpoint ... features of the birds themselves. Unlike "Wilson's warbler," for example, the names "Yellow Warbler ...

For the yellow ... get their name from a thin vein of yellow that runs through the center of their dark feathers. In the past few decades, ornithologists have noticed some the birds' yellow ...

Our relationship with nature often begins with a name. It's an introduction that tells us something about that animal, like spotted turtle, gray tree frog, or yellow-bellied sapsucker. In many ...

The best way to guarantee breakfast in bed for some small African birds ... Yellow-billed oxpeckers sleep on a giraffe in this nighttime camera trap picture. Photograph Courtesy of Meredith Palmer ...

Male birds, meanwhile, often sport little bird jackets embroidered with their names. Eavesdrop on bird conversations. Sure, you don’t actually speak Bird, but that doesn’t mean you can’t ...

With its bright yellow feathers and distinctive ... though females lack the telltale black stripe and their bills can be pink or bright orange. The bird's species name, oneilli, honors LSU ...

Their call is a ringing whistle when they are in flight, and a metallic ink when they are perched. The male of this species (left in the picture ... yellow legs. The wary and nervous birds ...