Last month, I wrote about the common names of birds, and the planned changes to some of those names. In the past, I’ve written about the folk names of birds. But there are also the scientific names of ...

The American Ornithological Society announced this week that, next year, North American birds named for people will no longer be, as the society seeks to instead name the birds for themselves—and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birders participate in the Christmas Bird Count on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2017. Carolyn Van ...

Some bird names can trip up even experienced birders. See some of the bird names that are commonly mispronounced. Editor’s note: All pronunciations pulled from merriam-webster.com.