Types of Birds: Did you know? Scientists now estimate there are around 11,000 bird species worldwide with far more than the 9,000–10,000 once believed. Thanks to genetic research, reclassification, ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, part of an international bird census, powered by volunteers, that ...