Through genomic sequencing and audio of the bird's song, the researchers were able to identify the rare hybrid – as a healthy, 1 -year-old male offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a ...

The flame-colored tanager is about 8 inches long, has a 12-inch wingspan and weighs slightly more than 1 ounce, according to the Sibley Guide to Birds. It's named after the bright orange feathers ...

Two species are common in Iowa during the breeding season - scarlet and summer. Although scarcer in terms of sightings, the western tanager is seen many years in Iowa.

Subscribe The tanagers are one of the most beautiful groups of birds in the world. When you head to Latin America, various species of tanagers are high on every birder’s wish list.

A bright red bird is one of the most eye-catching wonders of nature. Beyond their beauty, there is a reason behind that pop ...

But depending on the species, a male tanager’s barbs and barbules exploit different strategies to produce variations of color. (These researchers looked at 10 species in the genus Ramphocelus.) ...

Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching ...

The bird was ultimately determined to be a western tanager, a species belonging to the cardinal family. These birds typically breed on the West Coast and migrate to parts of Central America and ...

The Northern cardinal is one of our best-known and best-loved birds. As Phil Dickinson noted in an earlier column, the cardinal has been designated the state bird not just for ...

New research has revealed a surprising trick in which birds use those boring black and white feathers to make their colours ...