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Deeply researched guides to help you watch, identify, attract and care for birds — wherever you are in the world.

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Meet the Fringillidae

A field guide to the Fringillidae family — 238 species in the Birbs encyclopedia, with the best-known members to start with.

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Meet the Muscicapidae

A field guide to the Muscicapidae family — 355 species in the Birbs encyclopedia, with the best-known members to start with.

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Meet the Thraupidae

A field guide to the Thraupidae family — 394 species in the Birbs encyclopedia, with the best-known members to start with.

1 min read

State Birds of the United States: All 50 States + DC

The official state bird of every U.S. state and Washington, D.C. — all 51, representing just 28 different species (many states share one). Each links to the bird's full profile and that state's complete checklist. Cited, and kept current.

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Bird Collective Nouns: What to Call a Group of Any Bird

A group of crows is a murder; owls, a parliament; starlings, a murmuration. The real, well-documented collective nouns for dozens of bird groups — with their origins, and honestly labelled where a term is more literary than everyday.

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