The Hooded Vulture is one of Africa’s most distinctive scavengers, easily recognized by its bare, pinkish head and scruffy, hood-like feathers that give this bird its name. Found across sub-Saharan Africa, the Hooded Vulture is typically seen patrolling the skies or perched near human settlements, where it...

Today our Birdorable Bonanza: 2015 Advent Edition continues with a New World woodpecker: the Northern Flicker! The Northern Flicker is a fairly common and widespread species across its range and can be found across North America. There are two living subspecies: the...

We're adding new birds each day until we reach our 500th Birdorable species! Today's Bonanza bird is Clark's Grebe. Clark's Grebe is a large species of grebe found in western North America. They breed along inland lakes; most of the population migrates to...

There are six species of stilt in the world. Here at Birdorable, as part of Avocet & Stilt Week, we're introducing four new to our family. These will be joining the two existing Birdorable stilts -- and completing the family!