T here are so many beautiful birds on this planet that a list of 100, much less 10 couldn’t do justice to all of them. That being said, the criteria for beautiful birds for this blog had to be ...

These beautiful birds are North America's most common hawks. They are found all over the continent, in Central America, and in the West Indies. The first of these hawks to be scientifically ...

The Smithsonian celebrates beautiful birds in our museums, our research centers, our gardens, and in coffee shops. We hold, care for, and share artistic and scientific observations compiled over ...

Once abundant on Socorro Island, part of Mexico’s Revillagigedo Archipelago, the Socorro dove was last seen in the wild over ...

With its fiery-red body, quick black wings, and long, curved, salmon-colored bill, the 'i'iwi — or scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper — is one of the most recognizable birds of Hawaii. But although it was ...