Scarlet Tanager. Several red birds look like cardinals at a glance. Scarlet tanagers have solid red heads and bodies with black wings and tail feathers. These migrating birds tend to stay high in ...

An extremely rare cardinal has birders and biologists flocking to Shelby County, Alabama this week, as images of a yellow cardinal have circulated around social media. Auburn University biology ...

Mr. Yellow, a male northern cardinal with a rare genetic mutation that causes his feathers to be yellow instead of red caused a sensation when he was photographed in Alabaster, Ala. in 2018.

It takes about 12 weeks for a cardinal to molt and regrow all its feathers. Look at enough cardinals this time of year and, sooner or later, you may see one of those weird baldheaded cardinals.

Gloria Wright / The Post-Standard, 2009 A male cardinal, in his bright red plumage, sits in the branches of a lilac in Tully. Courtesy Ann Bryant This photo of a bald cardinal was taken by Ann ...

Hill told CBS News he has seen photos of other yellow cardinals before, but the rare bird received widespread press in 2018, when one was spotted in Alabaster, Alabama.

A 2003 study analyzed the feathers of an individual yellow Northern Cardinal. This specific bird lacked all of these reg pigments that were derived from what it had eaten.

“Using feathers for fashion isn’t desirable when you realise how they’re obtained: by being plucked out of their rightful owners, often while the birds are still alive and held down under a ...

All birds molt. Some species shed their feathers and re-grow news ones once a year--like cardinals, chickadees, titmice, doves, and robins. Some, on the other hand, molt at least part of their ...

An extremely rare, discolored Northern cardinal is turning heads in the Texas Hill Country.Jana Miller, who lives in Boerne, said the unusual passerine first appeared on a bird feeder at her home ...

A Northern Cardinal is a striking sight when you go birdwatching in North Carolina. It's the one that almost every birdwatcher hopes to see at least once. The males have red feathers with a black ...