To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

The bird also has a pale-orange belly and cheeks; patchy, dark-blue wings; and a white throat. Black-backed dwarf kingfishers are often found away from water sources, with a range extending across ...

The bird has a blue-gray head and yellow-orange underside. It is native to South and Central America, but has been spotted around U.S. states, mostly along the border in Mexico.

Bali Myna is a social and vocal bird with predominantly white and black wings and tail tips, accented by a vivid blue patch around the eyes. It is native to Bali, Indonesia, inhabiting forested ...

The blue eyes of some seabirds appear to turn black after they have had a bird flu infection. The colour change, seen in northern gannets ( Morus bassanus ), may give scientists a new way to track ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.

Christina Riehl, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will present “Biology and Conservation of Tropical Birds: Linking Life History to Ecology” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online ...