Male red-winged blackbirds demand to be noticed. With their loud, proud calls and studly physical displays, they proclaim, “Look at me!” ...

Every once in a while, a genetic anomaly will occur in the animal world that blows scientists’ minds. Take, for example, the exotic bird in the image above. It’s “gynandromorphic,” which means a ...

Male birds are, by and large, more colorful and flamboyant than their female counterparts. Juxtaposed with the eye-catching features of a peacock, a gray-brown peahen is plain as can be. The same goes ...

A male masked crimson tanager displays his brilliant red and black plumage in Peru. Francesco Veronesi via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Male tanagers are birds that use eye-popping colors to woo mates.

Male rose-breasted grosbeaks have some red-pink feathers while females’ are yellow and brown In Rector, Pa., researchers have spotted one strange bird. This rose-breasted grosbeak has a pink breast ...

Male and female birds are often quite different. Looking at two individuals of radically different color, it’s sometimes easy to forget this. I often talk to people who think they have multiple kinds ...

Most birds build some sort of nest where the eggs are incubated. In many species, the female does that job, and in many others both females and males participate. But in a few species, it is the male ...