While it’s not a solid black, the dark plumage has brown and gray shades that help the bird blend into rocky backgrounds. The dark plumage makes the bright orange-red beak with a yellowish tip ...

Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae Order – Family: Coraciiformes – Alcedinidae Physical Description: This ...

The small brown bird weighs around 16 grams (roughly half an ounce) and has black and yellow bands along with a large beak. The finding, which was reported in the science journal Nature ...