Top 10 Amazing Beautiful Birds In The World
#10
Bohemian Waxwing
A small bird at
aroud 20 cms this bird gets its name from the bright red bead-like tips of its
secondary feathers, which look like drops of sealing wax. The “Bohemian” word
is a comparison with the gypsies and bird’s tendency to wander. As the name
gives us the clue the bird can be found in all the continents.
#9 Frilled Coquette Hummingbird
Found in Brazil this bird may only measure 7 cms and weigh around
2 gms. It is also among the smallest birds in the world.
#8 Blue Bird of Paradise
About a foot in length with bright blue wings this bird is
considered to be the loveliest bird by many bird watchers. The male has violet
blue and cinnamon plumes and two long ribbon-like tail feathers.
#7 Indian Peafowl
The Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl is a large and brightly
coloured bird of the pheasant family native to South Asia. The male peacock is
predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers
and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert
feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff and elongated feathers are
raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship.
#6 Wilson’s Bird of Paradise
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Measuring around 20 cms this small and beautiful bird is known for
its curled tail. The male has a light blue on the crown visible even in the
night, yellow on the neck and scarlet and green wings. It is endemic to Waigeo
island in West Papua province of eastern Indonesia.
#5 Golden Pheasant
Measuring close to a meter this colorful bird can be found in the
mountainous regions of China. It is thus also reffered to as the ‘Chinese
Pheasant’. The males have a golden-yellow crest with a hint of red at the tip,
a scarlet brest and green and golden back.
#4 King of Saxony
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his amazing bird measuring around 20 cms surely has the most
unusual feature. Two remarkably long enamel-blue brow-plumes that can be
erected at the bird’s will. The bird is native to the forests of New Guinea.
#3 Costa Hummingbird
The Hummingbirds in many varieties. The family is considered the
most beautiful after the Birds of Paradise. The Costa Hummingbird can grow upto
10 cms, The male Costa’s mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and
wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail. It can be
spotted in southern United States and Mexico.
#2 Greater Bird of Paradise
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The largest among the ‘birds of paradise’ this bird can measure
upto one and a half feet. The male has a green face, yellow and silver
rown, head and neck. The plumes are yellow, white and maroon. Like all the
birds of paradise, it can be spotted in the forests of New Guinea, Indonesia
and thereabouts.
#1 Raggiana Bird of Paradise
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The Raggiana bird of paradise may measure upto 35 cms. You may
estimate its beauty by the fact that it is the national bird of Papua New
Guinea, home to all the ‘birds of paradise’. The male has a yellow crown, dark
emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throat and its blackish
upper breast feathers. It is adorned with a pair of long black tail wires and
large flank plumes.
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