Kenn Kaufmann, David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Corey Finger and – it seems the rest of the American birding world have it all wrong. I...

One of the joys of blogging for a widely read blog is that it gives one a platform on which to moan and complain...

I am a funny man in a very peculiar way. I am odd, and whenever I am not odd, I am different. In fact,...

Pacific Horneros always have pale legs but some do not consider Pacific Horneros to be Pale-legged Horneros.  That is, Pale-legged Horneros Furnarius leucopus have,...

While birding the east slope of the Andes in Ecuador one bird that was relatively common was the Inca Jay, a bird that was...

When it’s a Piranga species tanager, obviously. Have you heard the news? The Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American...

…when it’s been renamed in the newly-released 49th Supplement to the A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition. The new supplement includes various...