Species like Roseate Spoonbills and American Flamingos are unforgettable. Learn to identify every pink bird you might spot in ...

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The Belted Kingfisher is widespread across most of North America but wanders widely, sometimes found in Britian, Ireland, Hawaii, Galapagos Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and the Netherlands. It is ...

The haunting songs of the Varied Thrush echo through the dense humid forests of the Pacific Northwest. Long minor-key whistles repeated after deliberate pauses, they seem like sounds without a source; ...

Generally uncommon, but not so quiet or inconspicuous as the American Three-toed Woodpecker. Where the two species are found together, the Black-backed Woodpecker usually dominates, perhaps driving ...

Almost throughout the higher mountains of the West, the Mountain Chickadee is common in the conifer forests. It is not always easy to see, because it often feeds very high in the trees. However, ...

Often quiet and inconspicuous, the American Three-toed Woodpecker may perch motionless against a tree trunk for minutes at a time, making it easy to overlook. In some places the American Three-toed ...

A big boreal finch, uncommon but widespread in spruce and fir forests of the North and the high mountains. It is often absurdly tame, allowing very close approach; ironically, this sometimes makes it ...

One of the smallest gulls to be found in North America. Delicate in flight, the Bonaparte's Gull suggests a tern more than it does the larger gulls. It differs from large gulls in other ways as well: ...

In southeastern swamps in summer, this bright golden warbler sings from high in the trees. The Prothonotary Warbler is unique among eastern warblers in its habit of nesting in holes in trees, rather ...

A small, streaky bird of open fields, the Savannah Sparrow often causes confusion for birders because it is so variable. Some of its well-marked local forms, such as the pale 'Ipswich' Sparrow of ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...