The bird’s red head feathers turn to black along its front. If you have a good enough vantage point to see the bird with ...

Moluccan cockatoo feathers are mostly white, while some may have a pink or peach shade. But the crest — their defining feature — is salmon. Males have a black beak, while females have a gray ...

It’s a real feather in his rap. An enterprising Brooklyn veterinarian has devised a creative way to soothe his frazzled parrot, named Simon — by having the bird bop along as he beatboxes. The ...

Ectoparasites affect head feathers more than other body feathers because a bird can't reach its head with its beak to preen the feathers and get rid of mites. But mites or molt, the head feathers ...

All birds molt. Some species shed their feathers and re-grow news ones once a year--like cardinals, chickadees, titmice, doves, and robins. Some, on the other hand, molt at least part of their ...

Wilson's bird-of-paradise has unusual curled tail feathers. Serhan Oksay / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0. A fancy tail doesn’t have to be exceptionally long — it can also be exceptionally ...

How one naughty bird cheats with fancy feather structures Male tanager birds have more than one way to make their colors really pop for the ladies. Matt Simon, wired.com – May 2, 2021 6:45 am | 66 ...