The southern yellow-billed hornbill is a medium-sized black-and-white speckled bird with a long black tail and a large, thick, downward curving yellow bill. These iconic birds are common and ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Deep in the difficult terrain of the Gulf Coast high marsh lives a tiny, dark and white-speckled bird called the black rail. These elusive birds that make their homes near muddy ...

Females are small and football-shaped, with a black belly and white-speckled feathers ... and overgrazing by livestock are also threats to the bird’s existence. Though the International Union ...

Why are killdeer eggs so heavily marked, black ... heavily speckled with dark markings. These eggs are so well camouflaged that you might not see them even after flushing the brooding bird and ...