And yes, that includes red-winged blackbirds. Of the more than 27,000 published papers analyzed for this study, red-winged blackbirds were the second-most researched species, with an astonishing ...

While males appear predominantly red, their wing and tail feathers look black. On the other hand, the females appear yellowish-green year-round. Generally, scarlet tanagers measure 6.3 to 7.5 ...

New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves. To woo a female, this bird flips up his cape, puffs out his chest, and shimmies his little feet.

A red-capped manakin will moonwalk better than Michael Jackson in a lek of others when it wants to attract a female mate.

These are among 42 U.S. bird species that have been placed on “red alert” by the conservation initiative Road to Recovery—and included in State of the Birds 2025, a new report released by a ...

It could help us understand how to protect other bird species whose habitat is threatened by urban sprawl. The story also features the newly released Unfold episode, “ Little Bird, Big City.” The ...

A species that was previously considered lost, the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, was rediscovered in 2022. Doka Nason / American Bird Conservancy Nearly 12,000 species of birds exist in the wild ...

One species – the Shag – went the right way, moving from red to amber because of better data on population numbers. Black Guillemots also join Cormorants where they all need to be: the green list.

The small bird fits in the palm of the hand and is generally black with a white patch, researchers said. Screengrab from Alvaro Jaramillo's Facebook post The new species is named Oceanites barrosi ...