From the ethereal Indian Paradise Flycatcher to the rare Malabar Trogon, witness nature’s finest creations captured on lens.

From the ethereal Indian Paradise Flycatcher to the rare Malabar Trogon, witness nature’s finest creations captured on lens.

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 ...

In most cases, years of experience and imitation mean that older birds have the most complex, beautiful songs. Birds sing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...