The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher ...

Some birds are hard to find due to migration patterns, climate preferences, or breeding schedules, but you could spot a rare ...

The Dickcissel was even more unusual. Goff said the midwestern bird that winters in South America was last spotted in Juneau ...

It can be hard to both monitor and protect rare bird breeds, especially if they have the tendency to be out and about mostly at nighttime like this particular breed, but experts think they've finally ...

Essex has been treated to many rare bird sightings this year, including one that is believed to have been photographed for the first time in the UK.

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape. The region hosts “remarkable diversity” of both flora and fauna, and thousands of lakes ...

Heading down the path, suddenly two bright blue birds the size of turkeys appear, all aquamarine plumage and bright red beaks. These are two Takahēs, and, nodding like chickens, they creep around, ...

From rare glossy ibis and a great white egret, to a black-crowned night heron and an entire flock of chiffchaffs.