This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold ...

Just as a sinuous impression appears when a snake slides across sand, he imagined, so must a pattern form in the wake of a flying bird. But of course birds in flight leave no trace—at least none ...

The starling has emerged as the UK's garden bird champion, taking top spot in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, it was announced today. But the survey found that the number of starlings has ...

The waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a starling. It has a big crest and is reddish-brown with a black throat, yellow and white in the wings and a yellow-tipped tail.

The population of Cape Glossy Starlings is quite healthy and they are not considered to be under any significant threat. In the Highway area they are quite common in gardens, shopping centres and on ...

Common starlings are native to Britain, northern and central Europe, but replaced in Spain and Portugal by their relative the spotless starling ... RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch survey in ...