Sulfur-crested cockatoos are trash-can bandits in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Humans use tools to protect their bins, and the birds then go the extra mile to break in.

Dozens of famous bird species will lose their familiar names in the coming months and years as part of a nationwide effort to eliminate monikers “clouded by racism” and to diversify bird-watching.

According to data collected by the USA TODAY Network, the following 10 species have emerged as the most-sighted birds across NY during March and April.

A flock of strange, crested birds flapped jerkily, like tired oarsmen, westward from England to the Newfoundland Coast. They dropped to land, some to die immediately —bundles of white, bay and ...

The GBBC, which was launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, is an annual four-day event in February during which anyone around the world can observe, identify ...

There are only 45 other birds of their kind in North American zoos. The plush-crested jay chicks hatched at the zoo in July. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.