A particular bird that’s mostly black and often is considered to be a member of the blackbird family is the European Starling — but it is not!

Black bird time will soon be upon us. ... They are with us year-round, as are common grackles, brown-headed cow birds and the only alien in the black bird world — the European starling.

In Birds of Paradise, super-black feathers help male birds look more beautiful to a female’s eye. To understand how, it helps to look at Bird of Paradise mating dances.

The common brown-headed cowbird is the most widespread brood parasite in North America. Poly­typic. Length 7.5". A smallish, compact and stocky blackbird with a short and thick-based bill, almost ...

In the city's green spaces, members of Flock Together discover Tokyo's fauna—and solidarity between Black and brown residents.

Corina Newsome calls it a gateway bird, the one special species that sets an avian enthusiast on a lifetime course of discovery and environmental passion. Hers was the blue jay. For Tykee James ...

Females are drab brown and buff without the black throat. Chippies are leaner and thinner-billed than house sparrows and not as pesky in crowding out other birds at feeding locations or nest sites.

The black-browed babbler has long been one of Indonesia’s most enigmatic birds. By Rachel Nuwer What might be Asia’s longest-missing bird just came out of hiding. For the first time in 170 ...

Johnson is by no means a typical bird watcher. He’s in his early 30s and came to the city of Tokyo from New York in 2016 with dreams of working in fashion (he currently freelances as a creative ...