Among the most beautiful birds in the world are: Also called Shaw Mayer’s astrapia, the beauty of this bird rests not in its ridiculously long white tail feathers, but in the jewel-like blue ...

This stunning bird, with its vivid red and black feathers, is a rare sight in India’s Western Ghats, often heard before it’s seen. Elegant and graceful, the Black-naped Monarch’s soft blue ...

The blue-billed curassow is the world's most threatened species of cracid, a family of beautiful crested game birds found primarily in Latin America. This large, mainly black bird is the only curassow ...

Most are distinguished by striking colors and bright plumage of yellow, blue, scarlet ... It sports a beautiful flower believed to resemble the avian bird of paradise in flight.