There are many kinds of birds in the world, many of them are very beautiful, and the color of their light feathers is very attractive. Do you know any bluebirds? This article will introduce the top five bluebirds in the world, keep reading.
1. Hyacinthine Macaw
Hyacinthine Macaws are the largest parrots on earth, with a body length of 95-100 cm and a weight of 1.2-1.7 kg. They have beautiful bright cobalt blue plumage and a large hook-like black beak.
The plumage of Hyacinthine Macaws is dark blue, close to indigo, and shiny. Their beaks are black. On the back end of the lower beak and around the eyes, there is bright yellow bare skin.
Unlike other species of the macaw genus, Hyacinthine Macaws do not have white and featherless skin around their eyes.
2. Ultramarine Flycatcher
Ultramarine Flycatchers are small blue planthoppers measuring 12 cm in length and 8-9 grams in weight. They are distributed in the Himalayas, northern Myanmar, southwestern China, and overwinter in northern Thailand.
Male Ultramarine Flycatchers have a dark grey-blue or dark blue upper body, bright head, black forehead, and eyes.
They don’t have eyebrows but sometimes there are white eyebrow lines or indistinct traces of white forehead line, cheeks, ear feathers, and head, and the neck is also dark gray-blue, the feathers of the wings and tail are brown, and the edges of the feathers are blue.
3. Black-naped Monarch Flycatcher
Males of Black-naped Monarch Flycatchers have a black forehead with a fluffy black spot on the head. Their head, nape, side of the head, and sides of the neck are blue, especially on the top of the head.
They have blue or dark blue back, shoulders, waist, and overlying of the tail, the surface of the wings, and tail. Their wings and tail are dark brown, and the outer feather edges are blue.
The base of the female's forehead and the tips of the cheeks are black. Their foreheads and the rest of their necks are dark cyan or dark blue, their backs and upper shoulders are brown or light gray-brown, their wings and tails are dark brown, and the edges of their wings and flight feathers are tinged with cyan.
4. Greater Blue Eared Starling
Greater Blue Eared Starlings are 21-22 cm long. Adult birds have blue-green coverings on the forehead, nape, seat, back, and tail, and black spots on both sides of the blue covering.
The eyes are black, but under the eyes is bright blue, contrasting with the entire cheek. Their chins, throats, chests, and wings are blue and purple with a metallic sheen, unlike the wings on the thighs, belly, and bottom.
Their wings are blue-green, the primary wings are blue, and the tail feathers are mostly blue.
5. Verditer Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatchers are small birds with a body length of 13-16 cm. Males are bright copper-blue all over, especially brighter on the forehead, side of the head, throat, and chest.
The surfaces of the wings and tail are the same color as the back but some are bright green-blue. Their wings are covered and seemed to be invisible but they are actually brown or dark brown, the same as the outer tail feathers with dark blue edges on the outer feathers.
The lower tail feathers are with white terminal spots. Females and males are roughly similar, but they are darker and less bright. Especially the lower body, girls are mostly gray-blue, less copper-blue, with white eyes, chin, and gray spots.
