For serious birders in North America, it’s become a July tradition to wait for the annual supplement from the AOU Checklist Committee. For everyone else, the geeky statement above needs some ...

These crested songbirds add a welcome dash of color to yards throughout much of the United States. Let’s get a little better acquainted with our rosy, non-migratory neighbors. Northern cardinals, like ...

Have you ever seen a cardinal in the wild? Many people consider these bright red songbirds to be a symbol of good luck. Others believe that seeing a cardinal means that a deceased loved one is ...

Cardinals belong to the Cardinalidae family, of which there are around 53 species in 14 genera. However, when people think of cardinals, they almost invariably think of the Cardinalis genus, which ...

The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, ...

There are 53 species of Cardinals from the family Cardinalidae, which include the unmistakable Northern Cardinal, and they are found exclusively in the Americas and the Caribbean. The cardinal family ...

Birds come in a wide variety of colors. Some feature relatively dull plumage, while others sport brightly colored feathers. Birds with bright feathers usually evolved specific colors to help them ...

The summer tanager, Piranga rubra (L., 1758) is a medium-sized songbird formerly belonging to the tanager family Thraupidae but now has been placed within the family Cardinalidae. Nothing is known ...

This is a partial list of migratory birds protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. The Act prevails when determining whether a species or bird is protected in Canada. List of birds ...

The striking diversity of bird beak shapes is an outcome of natural selection, yet the relative importance of the limitations imposed by the process of beak development on generating such variation is ...