An unusually long-tailed black-and-white corvid with a black bill ... Flight: relatively slow, with steady, rowing wingbeats, but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight.

Upperparts gray, unstreaked; underparts grayish white, unstreaked; long black tail has white outer tail ... including suburban neighborhoods. Migration: birds in the northern portion of range ...

In the United States and Canada there are many birds colored primarily yellow and black. This is a common color pattern of several species of finches, tanagers, orioles, meadowlarks and warblers.

The smallest bird in the grouse family, the white-tailed ptarmigan is also one of the few animals that lives on alpine mountaintops throughout its entire life. Every part of this ptarmigan is adapted ...

It seemed so unusual to see a white gull with black spots on the tail. – Breda McGrath ... to avoid being caught by predators such as birds. It is thought they use the reflections of the ...

DESCRIPTION: Adult white-tailed ptarmigan typically grow to 30 to 34 centimeters in length and weigh 345 to 425 grams. The bird is distinguishable from other species of grouse by its perpetually white ...