The smallest bird in the grouse family, the white-tailed ptarmigan is also one of the few animals that lives on alpine mountaintops throughout its entire life. Every part of this ptarmigan is adapted ...

In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Just months after a rare yellow Northern Cardinal was photographed in a St. Louis resident's backyard, homeowners in ...

DESCRIPTION: Adult white-tailed ptarmigan typically grow to 30 to 34 centimeters in length and weigh 345 to 425 grams. The bird is distinguishable from other species of grouse by its perpetually white ...

Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back.

A chaffinch's song lasts about three seconds and is repeated; it starts with buzzing notes, slows, descends into a jumble, ...

They flash their white outer tail feathers and white wing patches conspicuously ... including suburban neighborhoods. Migration: birds in the northern portion of range and at higher elevations ...

Public-opinion surveys are underway in areas proposed for new White-tailed Eagle reintroduction projects across Britain.

A rare white-tailed eagle reintroduced to the wild during a State programme has been found shot dead. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has launched an investigation into the incident ...