The plumage is rather drab, being a mixture of grey on the head and chest and brown elsewhere. The upperparts and flank are ...

Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked. Adult male: the glossy black body, with a greenish iridescence, contrasts with a brown head. The eyes are dark; the bill and ...

Birds living in cities are usually more colorful and less brown. These colors help them survive better in urban environments.

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link ...

Brown shades are more common in natural environments than in cities. We suspect that brown birds are at a disadvantage in a rather grey city. The predominant colours of a city and the lack of ...

(And “Cat TV” keeps our two inside felines entertained.) A lot of the birds that patronize our feeders are brown, but attention to detail reveals a variety of species. Let’s look at some of ...

On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white line along the leading edge of the folded wing. Adult male: grayish or grayish brown head and neck, with neck and breast washed lightly with ...

putting the bird in more danger than it has faced for many yeas. POPULATION TREND: Based on the most recent publicly available data, the total population of U.S. eastern brown pelican has held steady ...