Top 10 Most Beautiful and Colorful Birds

With its bright red, yellow and vivid blue plumage, this large parrot is the living symbol of the tropical rainforest. A spectacular sight in full flight.

The 'flying jewel' of Dutch waters. Its cobalt-blue back and warm orange belly shoot like a bright flash across the water's surface when it goes fishing.

Its huge bright orange bill with a black tip contrasts beautifully with its jet-black body and white chest. One of the most recognizable birds on Earth.

When the male spreads his monumental tail feathers with iridescent 'eyes' into a gigantic fan, it's one of the most majestic spectacles in nature.

In the jungles of New Guinea, males perform acrobatic dances with lavish yellow and white ornamental plumes to impress choosy females.

They owe their characteristic pink and coral-red hue to carotenoids in their food (such as brine shrimp). Gracefully standing on one leg in large colonies.

The sacred bird of the Maya and Aztecs, with an emerald-green body, a deep red breast and tail feathers that can grow up to a meter long.

The male looks as if it was hand-painted by an artist, with copper-colored 'sails' on its back, a purple breast and striped flanks.

An Australian parrot with a bright blue head, lime-green wings and a vivid orange breast that zooms through the trees chattering loudly.

Small but dazzling: in the right sunlight, the male's throat feathers light up like a glowing ruby as it hovers in mid-air.