Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail ... to a modern blue jay. However, its tail reached ...

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 ... In effect, the toothed, blue-jay-size Y.

Illustration: Haozhen Zhang Yuanchuavis was relatively small, about the size of a blue jay ... the evolution of the modern bird,” O’Connor said. The two long tail feathers, at 150% the ...

It’s been called the world’s most dangerous bird. Its long dagger-like toes ... With its black iridescent feathered body, its blue, turquoise and magenta neck and horned crest or casque ...

kompsosoura was a small bird, about the size of a blue ... long feathers were dominated by the central spine, called the rachis, and then plumed at the end. 'The combination of a short tail ...

It may seem wildly impractical, but flashy plumage—such as the long ... home to several types of birds of paradise, such as the blue, whose males wield their two tail streamers to striking ...