Black and white coloration is visually striking. A deep contrast in colors can draw the eye and make birds and other animals stand out. But sometimes, it helps them blend in. Birds can be black ...

The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a white and gray bird with a ... winter in Central or South America.

Florida is a veritable bird-spotting paradise for experienced ornithologists and aspiring bird-watchers. What’s more, there ...

An unusually long-tailed black-and-white ... the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch. While monotypic, birds in the south average ...

Known as Florida's loudest bird, several limpkins haunt the shores ... and are mostly brown and black, with white and yellow feathers peeking out between. The limpkin has a long, downward ...

Flocks of these doves, with large white ... southern Florida south through Central America to Panama. Breeding: nest is a fragile platform of twigs in medium-height brush; nominate birds typically ...