It has a red bill, a blue head and belly, a green back and wings and a dappled yellow-and-orange breast. Males and females look alike and grow to around 12 inches (30 cm) from beak to tail.

The bird's real beauty is in its crest, which normally lays flat on top of its head. When raised, it makes an impressive fan shape displaying either dark red for males or bright yellow for females.

Most are distinguished by striking colors and bright plumage of yellow, blue, scarlet, and green. These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males ...

Developed by the Cornell Lab for Ornithology, the Merlin bird identification app has details about more than 10,000 species. It also includes a photo ID tab and a sound ID tab. This spring I am using ...

The yellow-footed green pigeon, popularly known as hariyal in Marathi, will continue to be the state bird. On Tuesday, the State Wildlife Board rejected the proposal to declare the critically ...

Orange head, yellow-orange beak, olive-green wings, found in New Guinea and northern Australia. Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) Orange-yellow head, gray body, cinnamon underparts, found ...