Despite the name, these invasive birds are not actually sparrows but weaver finches, related to other weavers in Africa and elsewhere. European Starling Starlings, which are from Europe and Asia, ...

Black swifts, with their preference for nesting on steep, wet, cold rock faces, are among the most enigmatic birds in North America. JT Thomas On a hot, dry July evening, a dentist named Mike ...

Multicolored birds were developed over centuries of near domestication. Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North ... iris orange to red; orbital skin blue-gray; bill grayish black; and feet dark ...

Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America ... generally mustard yellow-orange, with greener wings and ...