Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South ...

Philadelphia's birding community is getting a rare glimpse of a painted bunting that's made a home in and around Bartram's Garden this winter. The species is part of the cardinal family and natively ...

The lark bunting was designated the state bird of Colorado in 1931. Why was this bird chosen to be the Colorado state bird? The answer I found was that the lark bunting was chosen because their ...

What Do Male and Female Painted Buntings Look Like? You probably recognize common feeder birds by color. Red? Cardinal. Blue? Blue jay. Yellow? Goldfinch. But when all of those colors and more are on ...

The painted bunting usually calls the southern U.S. home and travels south at this time of year, but one decided to spend its ...

PERCHING on a reed this little bunting bird is captured in perfect detail by Camera Club member Anthony Morris. The mix of browns in its feathers mean the creature is perfectly suited to blending into ...

Fly by night: Indigo buntings know something about that phrase. These 5-inch, sparrow-sized birds migrate during the night using star patterns for navigation. They have internal clocks that enable ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A rare bird was spotted in Ohio, being documented in the Buckeye State for potentially the very first time. The Ohio Division of Wildlife shared photos on social media of a lazuli ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Christmas has come early for bird enthusiasts in Brooklyn. A beautiful male "Painted Bunting" was first spotted in Prospect Park on Sunday. Since then, it's been attracting ...

The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime soon — thanks to wasps. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ...