Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends.

Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends.

7. Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise Native to Indonesia, Wilson’s bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) is a colorful bird that lives only in the forests of islands off West Papua.

Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of the skills of ...

The females are a bit more muted, but do have blue tinges in their wings and tails. These birds can be attracted by food in your back yard, but they usually don’t use feeders unless there are ...

Birds are some of the brightest and most colorful animals on Earth. The blues, reds, greens, purples and yellows of the avian world are rivaled, among vertebrates, only by the brilliant colors and ...

Jack Gedney’s On the Wing runs every other Monday. He is a co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Novato and author of “The Private Lives of Public Birds.” ...

Finches are sensitive and are often hard to handle. To help tame them, wings and nails should be trimmed regularly. If they are given proper care, the average finch bird lifespan is around five years.