In some cases, a red beak helps them attract mates ... sharp turn from the yellow underparts to a bright teal blue wing. On top, the bird has a brown helmet-like spot that breaks the contrast ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

The Paradise Tanager is a stunning bird with beautiful colours that is a true gem in the avian world. It comes from the rainforests of South America and showcases the beauty of nature. This bird has a ...

But blue feathers result from refraction ... At the river's edge two birds will lock beaks and attempt to force each other underwater. Breeding season requires a pause in the usual hostilities ...

“normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and emus and which has an ancestral bill-tip organ ...

Birds also have beaks instead of teeth ... Look carefully in a garden or a park and you would probably see blue tits, sparrows and blackbirds. Some birds like starlings come together in large ...