Fit The Name to The Bird, Not The Other Way Around: This is standard naming advice for any pet, but try to fit your bird's name to aspects like their personality or their physical appearance.

The idea that some of the most beautiful birds in North America still carry those ugly names is objectionable to a lot of us, a scar from the past still enshrined in the present like a Confederate ...

But the name isn’t great for such a flamboyantly beautiful bird, some would argue. They’ll be glad to know the Townsend’s warbler probably won’t be called that much longer.

Very, very few birds sport any truly purple plumage, none in North America. Some prefer rosy-crimson, purply-pink, magenta, wine red or raspberry as a better descriptive. Yet, no one has successfully ...