Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the world ...

The hawfinch is the UK’s largest and most powerful finch. Despite weighing over twice as much as the more familiar chaffinch, the hawfinch remains one of Britain’s most elusive birds. However, winter ...

Well-known twitchers share their experiences. Plus, use our tool to see the most common and most threatened species near you ...

It's hard to find a more superb bird than the superb bird of paradise. Males have an elaborate courtship ritual during which they spread out their black cape until only a bright blue breast plate and ...

The CDC says bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses (H5N1) that usually spread between birds, not people. It occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds. It's very contagious among ...

Between the 18th and 19th century in Poland, a child was given an unusual burial involving bird skulls within the Tunel Wielki Cave. A ritualistic burial like this surely would have been a spectacle, ...

The population of Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch, one of Europe's rarest breeding birds and listed as Endangered by the IUCN, has increased following successful releases. The species, split from Tenerife ...

In a population of chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) some song types are produced by many individuals while others occur only in the repertoire of single individuals. This frequency distribution of song ...

THE chaffinch sings almost throughout the year in this locality. The male bird never leaves us in winter like the female, and can be seen in large flocks daily. A singular circumstance that occurred ...

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