With a wingspan of 4 feet, the gyrfalcon (pronounced JER-falcon) is the largest falcon. Your best bet to see this giant raptor is a trip to Alaska or the Canadian tundra. Discover hawk identification ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think ...

Kārearea, the Indigenous Māori name for the New Zealand falcon, was crowned Bird of the Year on Monday. The majestic kārearea can fly at speeds of more than 200 km (124 miles) per hour and swoops to ...

If you’re lucky enough to enjoy a warm slice of cherry pie this holiday, you should probably thank this bird. It’s an ...

Three Hyderabad birders recorded a rare sighting of the Amur Falcon at Kistareddypet Lake near Sangareddy, marking one of the ...

On a cool summer morning, as the rays of the rising sun beamed through the trees, accompanied by hoots and screeches of birds of prey and Queen's “Don’t Stop Me Now” blaring from a car, a man takes ...

In traveling up and down Plum Island this past weekend, we often encountered a lack of shorebirds in the Salt Pannes, Bill Forward Pool and/or Stage Island Pool. More than once, we were told that a ...