Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray ... southern United States, south to Guatemala and Honduras.

The bird shed its feathers in March revealing fluffy grey plumage recorded in historical accounts by mariners. Delphine Angst of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, was given access to some ...

Indeed, it’s the state bird of South Dakota ... Its species can be told by the long tail, which is black or gray and has a ...