I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

“normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and emus and which has an ancestral bill-tip organ ...

The beak can also give us a bit of insight into ... or even the blood of their prey. In summary, the bill of a bird of prey is a powerful tool, perfectly adapted for their carnivorous diet.

While monotypic, birds in the south average smaller and tend to show bare dark grayish skin below eye (similar in shape to the yellow skin on yellow-billed magpie). Black bill and range ...

yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird. Read more: The eagle isn’t actually the national bird. An effort launched in Wabasha may change that. The bald eagle has appeared on the ...