Its name comes from its thick, hatchet-like black bill, which has vertical grooves and a white line near the curved tip. Most razorbills measure up to 16.9 inches long and weigh between 1 to 2 pounds.

Dozens of bird species in the United States and Canada will get "imaginative" new names that reflect their traits and habitats rather than the names of people, the American Ornithological Society ...

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. For black-capped chickadees, that means Poecile atricapillus for the Latin name, and any number of regional names.