The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

The bird, which is widely believed to be a blue rock thrush ... the bird got lost at sea and then hitched a ride on a boat headed for the west coast. "We'll never know, but the birding community ...