A red-capped manakin will moonwalk better than Michael Jackson in a lek of others when it wants to attract a female mate.

Hill said that if the bird has any red feathers on its body at all, then it’s not a yellow cardinal, as the mutation makes those birds incapable of having feathers that color. “There’s no ...

Funny thing is, when a bird looks this good, they often don’t sound good. In fact, the male yellow-headed blackbird sounds like he is choking, and when he does get his call out, it sounds like a ...

Shows less red on head than related red-naped and red-breasted, and the back is more extensively scalloped with yellow-buff. Adult male: forecrown, chin, and throat red, outlined completely in ...

So red-winged blackbirds prefer to nest near yellow warblers, since the warblers provide additional vigilance against brown-headed cowbirds. But it’s probably a two-way street.