Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird‘s feathers is the result of pigment, not a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, lime green, chartreuse, or ...

Parrotlets are small but fearless. Their mighty behavior earned them the nickname “pocket parrot”. The birds are very smart and can get into trouble when they’re unsupervised out of their cage.

The flash of a tiny bird darting through your backyard—iridescent green, a throat like a jewel, wings buzzing like a ...

Male birds have shimmering blue and green feathers, while females tend to sport low-key green plumage. The tropical rainforest is a dangerous place for small birds, said Falk, who’s also a researcher ...

The yellow warbler at the corner of South Van Ness and 22nd is a bird with yellow and black stripes that migrates between California and South America. When they were in town, they congregated in the ...

The rediscovery in 1999 of a small cluster of yellow-eared parrots, striking green birds with yellow markings in western Colombia, led to the creation of a reserve. The population grew to thousands.