One of the most common winter sparrows, the white-crowned typically occurs in flocks, which may involve more than 100 birds ... Adult: black-and-white striped crown. Immature: tan and brownish ...

Monotypic. Length 6.8". Conspicuously outlined white throat; mostly dark bill; dark crown stripes, eye line. Broad yellow eyebrow in front; remainder white. Upperparts rusty brown; underparts ...

In the past few days there have been multiple sightings of hoopoe which have arrived in Pembrokeshire in ‘unusually high’ ...

The birds have a distinctive orange plumage and black and white stripes along their wings, along with an impressive cap of feathers as a crown, and you can log your sightings of them.

A hoopoe bird, a non-native species notable for its distinctive crown of feathers, has been spotted in Kilkenny. Freelance ornithologist Eric Dempsey brought the presence of the bird to the attention ...