Birds captivate us with their stunning appearances and remarkable adaptations, and some species stand out for their ...

Even fewer would have the patience to catch, weigh, measure, and identify hundreds of small birds and record ... survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard ...

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) The Rufous Hummingbird is a small bird that is recognized by ... and it has a large red beak and legs, combined with a white throat patch.

The two-colour discs had different pairs of colours selected from an orange-to-red spectrum. This mirrors the colour range found in the male songbird beak. One idea was that the birds would be ...