In 2020, the American Ornithological Society dubbed this bird, formerly named for a Confederate general, the “thick-billed longspur." Skip Russell via Flickr> under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Starting ...

The 64th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published today in Ornithology, includes numerous updates to the classification of North ...

2 out of 3 North American bird species face extinction. How we can save them. As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife.

As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. Brooke Bateman, director of climate science at the ...

Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says. Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

"Anna's hummingbird" is one of 60-70 birds in North America slated to be renamed. Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren and Bullock's Oriole are just a few of the ...

Since last week, 16 species of North American land birds have been spotted in Britain and Ireland, including several species of warblers, one northern parula, 10 cliff swallows and three Baltimore ...

The provisional nature of taxonomy is surely evident in birds. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) has a committee, the North American Checklist Committee (NACC), that maintains the official ...

The provisional nature of taxonomy is surely evident in birds. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) has a committee, the North American Checklist Committee (NACC), that maintains the official ...