A Mississippi woman has been getting daily visits from a rare, nearly all-white hummingbird. White hummingbirds can be albino, leucistic, or pied, with leucistic being the most likely type for this ...

Distinguishing between similar-looking birds like egrets, ibis, and herons can be challenging for newcomers. Key identifiers for these birds include bill shape and color, leg color, and overall size.

Now, research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), published in the journal British Birds, sheds new light on both the numbers, and geographical spread of this small and elegant all-white heron ...