Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman, field editor, Audubon magazine. North America is home to more than 20 species of birds that are mostly red or prominently feature red plumage, including the House Finch, ...

The trademark white rump patch is usually hidden by the long wings, which are a clue to this bird's long migrations. Many fly annually from Canada's Arctic islands to the southern tip of South America ...

If you’ve ever witnessed a Pileated Woodpecker chiseling away at a tree trunk, you might have wondered if all that wood pecking was taking a toll on the tree. Pileated nest holes, after all, can ...

Extremely similar to the Gray-cheeked Thrush, the Bicknell's Thrush they were considered to be the same species until 1995. It has a limited summer range in the northeast, from upstate New York to ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

A small, graceful marsh tern, black and silver in breeding plumage. In its choice of surroundings, the Black Tern leads a double life: in North America in summer it is a typical bird of freshwater ...

A chunky, short-legged sandpiper, wearing a bright harlequin pattern in summer, dark brown in winter. The Ruddy Turnstone nests on high arctic tundra of North America and Eurasia, and winters along ...

Often shown in documentaries about the Galapagos, where pairs bow and shuffle and show off their blue feet, the Blue-footed Booby also nests as far north as western Mexico. In some years, small ...

Marshall Johnson serves as Audubon’s Chief Conservation Officer. In this role Marshall leads Audubon’s strategic conservation efforts across the Western Hemisphere, overseeing science, policy, state ...