red cardinal, yellow oriole, scarlet minivet, rose finch, orange thrush, brown kite, purple sunbird and the pink flamingo are known for their stunning colours, the stark black and white birds too ...

You could call them jet setters, or maybe farmer birds, but for sure, the active little phainopepla is one of San Diego’s more interesting bird species. Also known as the black cardinal ...

Certain types are more common than others, like the American robin and the northern cardinal ... But this agile, black-and-white-toned chickadee is only the official state bird of two states ...