Wildlife is generous to gorgeous creatures. Birds are a category of animals that are distinguished by their grace, elegance and color variety. These qualities allow us to consider the birds the personification of beauty and splendor.
Mandarin Duck
This duck is painted in stunning bright colors, which makes it one of the most beautiful birds in the world. The male looks simply amazing: golden spots are located on the wings, the back of the bird is brown, and the beak is bright red. The female does not look so motley, but no less picturesque.
bird of paradise
Birds of paradise are relatives of the sparrows habitual in our strip. There are more than 45 species. Most of them live in New Guinea (38 species). Here is a small list of varieties:
- The ravens of heaven;
- Pennants birds of paradise;
- Helmet birds of paradise;
- Shiloklyuv birds of paradise
- Shield birds of paradise;
- Royal birds of paradise;
- Astrapia;
- Filamentous birds of paradise.
All of them are distinguished by bright plumage and attractive design of feathers.
Long-tailed velvet weaver
From other birds, this individual is distinguished by a long black tail that looks like a widow's veil.Thanks to him, in countries where English is used, the bird is called a “widow”. Most of the species live in South Africa. The male velvet weaver differs from the female in that its tail can reach 40 cm in length, which is twice the length of the bird's body. But the female shows an unremarkable look, more resembling a sparrow.
Crowned pigeons
Crowned pigeons are represented by three species:
- Crowned pigeon;
- Chestnut-breasted crowned pigeon;
- Crowned pigeon
They belong to the pigeon family and only slightly differ from each other. Most of the representatives live in New Guinea.
Dead end
The Atlantic Puffin is a breed of seabird, which belongs to the family of allons. You can see them on the shores of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Dead ends create their nests in burrows. The main source of food for them is fish.
Curly Aracari
This bird belongs to the Tukanov family. Feathers grow on the head of this species, forming an unusual construction. The bird got its name for these funny curls.
Quezal
Kwezal can rightly be considered the most beautiful bird on earth. It is the national symbol of Guatemala. The currency of this country is called by the name of the bird. The bright green color of the male makes Kvezala noticeable and colorful. A metallic golden hue adds to the feathers of the beauty bird. The dark plumage of the wings creates an interesting contrast.
Peacock
Peacock is called Indian or Ordinary. This is a monotypic species that is not divided into subtypes. In this case, peacocks may differ from each other in colors, shades and patterns on feathers. Man has long domesticated these birds and even tamed some of them. Often in private farms you can see proudly striding beauties, demonstrating their stunning fan-tails. As usual, all the beauty of the color shimmers of peacocks went to the males, females look much more modest.
Blue-tailed Tanager
In the rainforest lives another bird stunning in its magnificence. Blue-tailed Tanagar prefers lowlands in eastern South America. Three subspecies live here. They are distinguished by the size of the bright spot on the throat and the color of the head.
Bananoed Livingstone
Bananoed Livingstone has a second name - Helmet-bearing Turaco. These birds live in the forests and savannah of Africa and do not eat bananas. Their diet consists of young shoots, berries and insects. The appearance of the bird is quite remarkable: there is a funny tuft on the head, and the body continues with a long tail. The color of the plumage has a pronounced metallic reflection of green or blue hue. Fly feathers on the wings are much darker, which creates a bright contrast.
Lorium parrot
These parrots demonstrate on their plumage all the colors of the rainbow. You can see these colorful birds in Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. Their main food is pollen and nectar of hundreds of different colors. For this, nature has endowed the bird with a specific tongue with a papilla brush.
Crowned Crane
Crowned cranes live in East and West Africa. In addition to the bright appearance, the birds attracted the attention of the original mating dance, consisting of perebezhek, jumps, shaking his head and wings. The number of individuals is rapidly decreasing, which makes these cranes a vulnerable species.
Guiana Rock Cock
The Guiana rocky cockerel proudly wears a crest formed by two rows of feathers on its head as the main ornament. In this case, the bird's head acquires the original form. This piercing orange South American representative of the family of cottages lives in Guyana, in the south of Venezuela, in the Rio Negro basin, in Colombia and in the north of Brazil. The female rooster, as usual, has a more modest outfit, decorated mostly with brown and gray feathers.
Red cardinal
In the eastern states of the USA, in the southeast of Canada and in Mexico, one can meet a bright crimson male Red Cardinal and his dun-colored friend.On the head of a male there is a black mask, which makes the bird even more attractive in appearance.
Flamingo
The flamingo attracts attention with bright plumage, the color of which varies from white to deep pink. Complement the picture with long, graceful legs and a curved neck. On the head of the bird is a massive beak for filtering water in the process of extracting silt and small plankton. Substances of lipochromes, obtained by the bird along with food, make its feathers so unusual in color.
Kingfisher
Kingfisher is characterized by a specific mode of movement. His short legs are so small that the bird cannot walk. Therefore, the Kingfisher moves on the ground in short flights from place to place. Bird feathers refract light in such a way that they give stunning shades to the Kingfisher's body. At the same time, it is rather difficult to see him, as the bird loves solitude.
In addition to the above birds, there are dozens of species on Earth worthy of the most beautiful. Unfortunately, it is impossible to pay attention to everyone. But caring for the environment will preserve this beauty for many decades, which will allow you to see with your own eyes all the luxury of colored tints on the feathers of numerous magnificent birds.
