The most beautiful birds in the world

On our planet there are many different kinds of birds that decorate forests, and even benefit mother nature. Their feathers convey an unusual color scheme.

You can hear the mentions of certain birds in songs, fairy tales, legends. The bird world is quite diverse and fascinating. Many species have a flower coloring, these are beautiful birds, which so beckon our sight.

There are more than nine thousand species of birds (somewhere around 9800). There are birds in all parts of our planet. Depending on climate and other conditions, different species of birds live on different continents.

The birdlife is studied by ornithologists. The world of birds is very large, there are bright, diverse, beautiful birds, and each worthy of attention. It would be a mistake to compare them among themselves, because they are all different. Someone pleases us with their beauty, someone wins a voice, others bring us great benefits.

The most beautiful birds of the world are diverse, small, large, colorful, some live in the water, others in trees. Admiring the feathered, we wish to see them in our home, forgetting that some wild inhabitants of the forest do not want to "be friends" with man.

More often you can meet an interesting bird in a wild forest. But there are species that live among us and are worthy of the same due attention. Let's see who can attract attention.

The most beautiful birds, names

• Long-tailed broadbeard.
• Chekanova wagtail.
• Red-browed rainbow bird.
• The Oriole is maroon.
• Bird of paradise.
• The blue jay.
• Guldova Amadina.
• The Paradise of the Tanagra.
• West African fire velvet weaver.
• Long-tailed velvet weaver.
• The New Guinea swallow.
• Balinese starling.
• The Cuban Trogon.
• Kvezal.
• The white-backed lory.
• Hyacinth macaw.
• Osprey.
• Black Swan.
• Mandarin.
• Madagascar hoopoe.

Of course, there are other beautiful, bright birds that are worthy of attention, but not all to list.

Longtail broadbeard

This is a small bird, which weighs only 50 grams. Her feathers are green, blue, the head is yellow-green, and like a cap on her head goes black plumage.

These are incredibly beautiful birds of the forest (mountainous, subtropical, secondary). These birds fly in groups. It seems to be a small bird, but pretty, nice, pretty and pleases the eye.

Minted wagtail

It's a resident of Australia. The plumage is predominantly red, but there is also white, brown, black on the abdomen, back, tail.

This bird often changes its place of residence, so to speak. When it's time to hunt, she lands and starts running around the ground looking for insects.

Red-browed rainbow bird

A small Australian dweller. It is located in dry places, it can dwell along rivers. In appearance, it is impossible to determine the female and male, and the size and color of them are exactly the same.

Oriole claret

This is one of the representatives of the Oriental family. A bird is located in Asia, Europe, and in the east to the Yenisei. The plumage is burgundy, with a black tail, wings and head.

bird of paradise

Inhabitants of the Moluccas and New Guinea. These are beautiful birds that have a motley coloring, a beautiful voice. They are forest dwellers and distant relatives of our crows. In the color of feathers there are colors such as yellow, golden, green, brown, brown.

The Blue Jay

As the name implies, it is a bird with a blue color. Shades of this color on almost the whole body, only on the tummy can be found white. This bird is absolutely safe for humans and is an avid predator for small birds.

Guldova Amadina

This is an incredible coloring Australian bird. Has so colorful plumage that it was considered an ornamental bird. They are red, yellow, and black headed.

Its name arose quite romantically. There was such an artist John Gould, he traveled a lot with his wife, who shortly after the trip to Australia died. And in honor of his wife, when he opened this colorful bird to the world, he named the amadine bird Lady Gould.

Paradise Tanagra

It is widespread in the tropics, rain forests and on their fringes. These are beautiful birds, the appearance of which has blue, purple, light blue, red, and a little black. They are cautious, a little restless, usually keep small groups.

West African fire velvet weaver

These are bright as The lights of the bird found their place in Africa, from the Sahara to the south and to the equator. Nests build males, and not one but several. Even if they are kept in captivity and create maximum conditions for comfort, they will still do it. This, so to speak, is in their blood.

In size, they can be compared to our sparrows. When they descend to the ground, they move in small jumps. In Africa, they are not so difficult to find, they settle on green meadows that are near cold water.

Long-tailed velvet weaver

This bird differs from the previous one in that in flight it shows its long tail. In the sky it seems like a ribbon that flies after the bird. These are beautiful black birds with a red and white stripe on their wings.

True, it is worth noting that this plumage is only males. The females are not remarkable for anything, and really look like a sparrow.

You can also find such an expression as the "black widow", which her English nicknamed, it is clear why.

The New Guinea swallow

Distributed in Australia, it was recently introduced to New Zealand. The color of feathers has such colors as black and gray, dark blue, and dark orange (similar to rust). On the tail there are a number of white spots. In case of danger, the bird chirps and whistles. They are not afraid of people, they build their nests next to human houses. They feed on insects, fly very fast.

Balinese starling

As you can see from the name, it is an inhabitant of the island of Bali. This species is under protection, as there are not many individuals left, they can be said on the verge of extinction. These are beautiful birds, they have white with blue rings near their eyes and with insets of black feathers. They settle on mangrove swamps, in acacia forests, shrubs. Starlings create permanent pairs. It is especially interesting to watch the marriage demonstration, when a male with a raised tuft waving his wings and tail.

This starling is one of the symbols of the island of Bali and is depicted on an Indonesian coin (200 rupees).

Cuban Trogon

And who is it, who is it? This is the national living symbol of Cuba! If you remember the colors of the Cuban flag, you should know that they are taken from this cute birdie. It's red, blue, white. Female and male in color are the same.

They have a small size, and besides this island they can be found in the moist forests of America, Asia, Africa.

Kvezal

This bird can be safely classified as "the most beautiful birds in the world". It is small, but so beautiful that one simply does not believe that it exists. Due to the cutting down of the mountain and tropical forests where these birds live, the number of them also decreases. To this day they are considered a rare and protected species.

It is also a national symbol of Guatemala, as well as a symbol of freedom of this country. Its ancient inhabitants of the Maya and the Aztecs were considered sacred, it was the personification of the god of air.

This bird lives from South Mexico to Panama. Its main advantage is a long tail, which can exceed the length of the quaseline several times.

Just like in Cuba, the quasel is related to the money of Guatemala. Only here it is not depicted on coins, and in honor of the bird the monetary unit is named.

The white-backed lory

Refers to the family of parrots and is a resident of New Guinea. Feathers are yellow, orange, red, brown , only the lower back and under the tail can be seen white. The color of males and females is not distinguishable, it can be understood by their size. The head of the males is slightly larger than that of the female, and they are slightly larger. Eats only fruits, various nectars. At home such a bird will contain heavily.

Hyacinth macaw

In addition to being classified as "the most beautiful birds in the world", they are also the largest parrots in the world. In height, they can grow up to a hundred centimeters. They have a deep blue color of feathers. They can be found in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay. They are kept in small groups and live mainly where there are palm trees.

They can be kept in captivity, since problems with food do not arise. Ares eat fruits, nuts, sunflower seeds and others. Every day they gnaw fresh branches of trees. To keep such a bird at home, you should make it a special enclosure with a strong metal frame.

Osprey

Very dangerous and predatory bird. She looks out for her prey from the height of the flight. Habitat - large water bodies. It can be seen on almost all continents, except Antarctica. Her back is dark brown, and her belly white.

The Osprey can catch fish on the water surface easily. After she takes aim, sharply flies down, plunging into the water almost the whole body. Slippery fish do not fall out of the paws due to the fact that they are large, strong and have sharp claws.

When the rainy season is coming, and the fish can not be caught, the Osprey catches mice, toads, etc.

Black Swan

It's a beautiful and graceful bird, which, unlike its relatives, still has a voice, it's audible when it starts to shout out with other swans. They are the inhabitants of Australia. They fly very rarely, it is difficult for them to rise to the sky from the ground.

Swans are those birds that create couples for life.

For their maintenance, it is not necessary to prepare a huge pond, as for ordinary swans. For this species, a small trough with water is enough, and they will be happy. The food for them can be chosen the same as for a normal goose, and they also feed on greens.

Mandarin

This is a small and pretty duck, whose homeland is Japan, China, and Korea. The name was given to the bird not in honor of citrus fruit, but in honor of high-ranking officials and the emperor, who were called mandarins.

Mandarin dots, so to speak, preserve matrimonial fidelity, always remain in pairs. The color of their feathers combines colors such as purple, green, red, orange, brown, white.

Among other things, they have a very melodic voice.

The most beautiful birds, the photos of which are above, are just the top of the iceberg. There are many more terrific representatives of the feathered family all over the world. And it's impossible to tell about all of them. Nature has created a lot of wonderful birds that shake us with beauty and voice.

But, in addition, they are incredibly useful to the world. Beautiful birds are white, black, it's not so important, the main thing is that they are an integral part of the food chain of living organisms. They have great importance in regulating the number of small insects. Also, the birds spread the seeds, which is important for the crop, they pollinate plants, exterminate harmful insects and rodents. So the birds should be protected so that their number does not decrease, and rare species, on the contrary, increase in numbers.