31 Types of Blue Birds: From Azure to Cobalt

Birds are very interesting creatures and one of the major intrigues lies within the way they look. It’s like looking at a beautiful, colorful flower but with feathers which has the ability to fly away.

And when the discussion comes down to the types of blue birds you can anticipate in nature, be certain that you’re in for a journey through the most magnificent of birds!

These birds are grouped together with their family members so that you’re able to study them side by side and make assessment of the overall group at once.

Also, it’ll enable your learning of blue-bird diversity and lay before you the hidden facts about them.

Let me guarantee, you’re in for a delightful symphony of blue!

3 Unique Bluebird Types

Bluebirds are basically the small thrush birds that are covered with a vast portion of blue feathers. The categorizations are created based on their locality and chromatic discrepancy.

Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Sialia sialis
  • Size: 16 to 21 cm (6.3 to 8.3 in)
  • Locality: North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Spring and summer

First of the bluebird types in my list derives its name from the population concentration of the eastern parts of North America, thus the title Eastern Bluebird surfaces. These birds are a poetic merger between blue on the backs and a light scarlet around the chest area.

The seven subspecies don’t vary from one another in characteristics or habitat selection much. They’re mostly insectivorous and prefer open lands with some degree of tree density. Breeding seasons see them flocking together and defending the territory a little more aggressively than regular times. From a cultural standpoint, this species has occurred in many revered literary works.

Western Bluebird

Western Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Sialia mexicana
  • Size: 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in)
  • Locality: North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: May to July

Western Bluebirds are the North American west-regional counterparts to the Eastern Bluebirds with seemingly close colorization. Although, their body shape is slightly different with a plump belly, and the tonal distribution of blue, red and white are slightly different as these are quite mixed together.

Unlike the eastern species, this group finds coniferous forests, open lands and even adverse settings habitable due to their adaptability. Their main food sources are insects and berries, which are mostly consumed by foraging on ground, perching and aerial dives to grab bugs in mid-air.

Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Sialia currucoides
  • Size: 15.5 to 18 cm (6.1 to 7.1 in)
  • Locality: Mountainous districts of western North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April to September

Unlike the first two bluebirds, Mountain Bluebirds lack the expanded redness on the chest, along with the white that surrounds them. Instead, their red patch is placed at the lower abdomen and bound with a minor portion of white. Their extent is mostly limited to the mountain districts of North American western regions.

Within the mountain ranges and nearby forest openings, Mountain Bluebirds tend to perch on tree branches and sing at dawn. They inhabit cavities in trees and have a knack for using those unless they trace nearby human activities. It’s currently upheld as the state bird of Nevada and Idaho.

3 Fairy-Bluebird Species

Fairy-Bluebirds are quite small in size when it comes to passerines and categorized alongside thrush birds. There exists only 3 species under the Irinidea family – unique to Fairy-Bluebirds and all of them are concentrated in particular parts of southeast Asia, especially Philippines.

Asian Fairy-Bluebird

Asian Fairy-Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Irena puella
  • Size: 24 to 27 cm (9.4 to 10.6 in)
  • Locality: Tropical southern Asia
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to April

Broadly speaking, Asian Fairy-Bluebird is a passerine that’s sized at the smaller category of kin birds. Iridescent blue and black combination makes up the overall feather, evenly distributed on the back and abdomen. However, female birds carry a different tone of greenish dull-blue.

A few south-east Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Indonesia are the highest bidders for this species’ habitat. Due to the drive for consuming fruits, Asian Fairy-Bluebirds plant their nests on tall trees, perch there and search for food sources during day times. They usually live in pairs or as a part of small groups.

Philippine Fairy-Bluebird

Philippine Fairy-Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Irena cyanogastra
  • Size: 23.3 to 27.5 cm (9 to 11 in)
  • Locality: Philippines
  • Status: Near Threatened
  • Breeding Season: Unknown

The primary difference between the Asian Fairy-Bluebird and this bird is that it’s endemic to the Philippines and exists mostly on Luzon, Mindanao, Samar and Bohol islands. Due to this, the bird is named after the country and deemed sacred to the Tagalog people based on their religious lores.

It has a lesser recurrence of blacks over the blue plumages like our previous species in concern. Not a lot of statistical data are available on the species and a large portion of facts are speculative. But one thing is certain that its ‘Near Threatened’ status has been gained due to rapid loss of habitat.

Palawan Fairy-Bluebird

Palawan Fairy Bluebird

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  • Scientific Name: Irena tweeddalii
  • Size: 21 to 25 cm (8.3 to 9.8 in)
  • Locality: Island of Palawan in the Philippines
  • Status: Near Threatened
  • Breeding Season: Unknown

Palawan Fairy-Bluebirds live in the nearby lands to the Philippine Fairy-Bluebird habitats but there’s no overlapping recorded by experts. Due to the species being specifically native to the Palawan Island of Philippines, it’s been named thusly. Genealogical evidence suggests that it’s completely a new species than the Asian or Filipino species of Fairy-Bluebirds.

In the island, tropical or subtropical forests along with montane forests hold the capacity population for the species. There’s very little known about this bird and experts are trying to gather more data at this moment. But it’s marked as ‘Near Threatened’, so precautionary measures must be taken as soon as possible.

Sound

No calling sound could be retrieved for the species.

Jay Birds of 4 Kinds

Jay birds are the combination of a few genera under the Corvidae family and not all of them are colored blue. From Old World birds to the New, Blue Jay, Scrub-Jay, Magpie-Jay etc. are all unique species who belong to the same family. A few of their representatives are discussed here.

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

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  • Scientific Name: Cyanocitta cristata
  • Size: 22 to 30 cm (9 to 12 in)
  • Locality: Southern Canada, eastern and central United States
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to July

From the Corvidae family, Blue Jay is one of the finest looking birds exhibiting lighter and darker blue pigments in one place. With white abdomen and faded sky blue face that’s also black-outlined, their wings contain mosaic textures nothing short of photogenic.

Additionally, the feathers from this bird are sacred in certain cultures. It has 4 subspecies and their wing textures differ to some extent from one another. They are able to conjure a wide array of noises and are known for caching food. The diet is wider than a lot of species due to their omnivorous trait.

Steller’s Jay

Steller's Jay

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  • Scientific Name: Cyanocitta stelleri
  • Size: 30 to 34 cm (12 to 13 in)
  • Locality: Western North America and the mountains of Central America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Late March to early July

Steller’s Jay looks almost like Blue Jays mostly due to their mosaic texture on the lower back – dyed in light blue over a deeper shade. But if you move a little up, the major difference will catch your attention. The back portion of this species is a matte navy blue while the abdomen is unsaturated blue instead of white.

One standout feature for this bird is their mohawk over the mean, dark face. Markings on the face may make it seem holy to certain people. Like their siblings, they too are omnivorous and monogamous. They can mimic not only human sounds, but also other bird of prey callings in their habitat zone.

Azure Jay

Azure Jay

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  • Scientific Name: Cyanocorax caeruleus
  • Size: 40 cm (16 in)
  • Locality: South American Atlantic Forest
  • Status: Near Threatened
  • Breeding Season: October to January

Azure Jays lack the textures from their wings like the two previous species and flaunt a smooth-colored feather housing from top to bottom. While their blue’s hue sits in a buoyant shade, the face however is a dark knight black. Wing accents are darker blue, completing a minimalist palette.

Another deviation from Blue Jay and Steller’s Jay is their distribution range setting in particular places of South America. With a limited number of population earning them ‘Near Threatened’ status, it’s proudly emblemmed as the national state bird of Paraná in Brazil.

California Scrub-Jay

California Scrub-Jay

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  • Scientific Name: Aphelocoma californica
  • Size: 27 to 31 cm (11 to 12 in)
  • Locality: Western North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to April

Moving back to North America, the California Scrub-Jay is native to the western parts of the States and mass colonies are located in places like California. It’s the same size as Blue Jay species and has more whites on the feather and chest region. Face sides contain a minor pair of black patches.

These birds can live up to 9 years on average in open habitats around low shrubs and are deemed to be intelligent. In California, the species is prone to the West Nile virus which has a significant contribution to lowering their local population.

Swallows in Blue

Swallow birds are a collection of passerine songbirds with some distinctive traits like aerial feeding and a conservative body shape, all thanks to evolution.

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

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  • Scientific Name: Hirundo rustica
  • Size: 17 to 19 cm (6.6 to 7.5 in)
  • Locality: All over the world
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: May to August

Barn Swallows are so common an occurrence throughout the world that the European bird enthusiasts often use it synonymously with the umbrella ‘swallow’ name. Its widespread range marked the existence of a few individuals even in places like Antarctica.

Basically, it’s a three-colored bird but two of which takes precedence to the overall surface area. The back feathers are navy blue toned and the abdomen rejuvenates the eyes with a graceful, white feathery presence. A concentration of red is witnessed on the face as it completes the trio-colorization feature that marks identification to be quite straightforward.

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

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  • Scientific Name: Tachycineta bicolor
  • Size: 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in)
  • Locality: The Americas
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: May to September

This species seems slightly different from Barn Swallows despite both of them being ideal types of blue birds. Although Tree Swallows are tri-colored like Barn Swallows, the former doesn’t have any face mask and the only color other than blue-white combination is black on the wings and tail.

Top half of the face is encapsulated by a glossy, unique shade of blue and the bottom half in white, continuing on to the rest of the lower feathers. The ‘tree’ part in its name suggests its practice of nesting inside tree cavities – be that a natural one or something left behind by other birds.

Tiny Buntings in Azure

Buntings are colorful, tiny passerines which might have a chance at completing an entire color palette with each individual species. Out of the 6 buntings, 2 of the azure avians are featured here.

Lazuli Bunting

Lazuli Bunting

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  • Scientific Name: Passerina amoena
  • Size: 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in)
  • Locality: North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April or May

Lazuli Buntings are similarly dyed as the gemstone ‘lapis lazuli’, earning them the name after this ore. Their blues are lighter than Indigo Bunting, especially around the head and back portions. The white on the underbelly is quite dirty in color and an echo of the same tone is reflected on the wings.

One standout feature is the yellow-ish orange scarf on the neck for this bird. Western parts of North America play host to the species for breeding, non-breeding and migratory purposes. Within these sites, their nests are made like loose cups and their diet is based on insects as well as seeds.

Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting

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  • Scientific Name: Passerina cyanea
  • Size: 11.5 to 15 cm (4.5 to 5.9 in)
  • Locality: Southern Canada to northern Florida
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: May to September

Like most buntings, Indigo species are sexually dimorphic and the blue-feathered individuals are made up of only the male kinds. Because the female birds look more like sparrows due to their brown color. However, both sexes have patterned wings and are covered in black, much like the tail.

Male birds have a concentration of blue on their face as well. It surrounds the blunt beak and ends as soon as it reaches the eyes. This species is insectivorous, inhabits agro-fields as well as bushes and migrates during the night to warmer localities in winter.

Blue Warbler Varieties

Blue variants of warblers mostly belong to the New World warblers group and the genera of Setophaga, which has sprouted out at least 33 species. We’ll only take a look at 3 of their bluest members.

Cerulean Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

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  • Scientific Name: Setophaga cerulea
  • Size: 11 cm (4.3 in)
  • Locality: Eastern North America and northern South America
  • Status: Near Threatened
  • Breeding Season: Mid-May to July

The adult male Cerulean Warbler seems like an art-piece composed under a cool filter of lights. It gets the name ‘cerulean’ because of the feather color being dominated by ‘cerulean blue’ for most parts. A plump belly draws attention with the lightest shade of sky blue while the wings & tails are textured with darker shades.

This songbird’s breeding region comprises mostly of eastern North America as some portion of the population prefers northern South America over that. But they’re migrants able to journey long-distances, so wintering takes place in subtropical forests of eastern Andean slopes.

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

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  • Scientific Name: Setophaga caerulescens
  • Size: 13 cm (5.1 in)
  • Locality: Eastern North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Late May to July or August

Unlike a lot of birds, the population for Black-Throated Blue Warbler is increasing day by day due to their adaptability in almost any type of environment. However, these little passerines still face threat in tropical wintering areas due to deforestation, so we shouldn’t take their growth for granted.

As per colorization, most of it is dictated in the name. Since it’s a warbler, the body shape complies with the typical New World warbler family. The back plumages are midnight blue and the other end is a clean white. From the throat to the head as well as wing edges, black strikes out from the rest.

Tropical Parula

Tropical Parula

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  • Scientific Name: Setophaga pitiayumi
  • Size: 11 cm (4.3 in)
  • Locality: Parts of southern North America, Central & Southern America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Summer

Tropical Parula distributions are spreaded from southern North America to the Argentine regions of South America. It’s differently colored than the other types of blue birds with a proud, yellow chest and stomach area. The back is mostly bright blue like the rest of its cousins.

Although this species likes mountainous and coniferous forests, Amazonian river basins are usually left alone. Their homes are constructed within mossy greens over trees and it grants them access to nearby food sources like insects or berries.

Flycatchers of Blue Strains

The following blue-colored birds are two Old World flycatchers – translating into tiny insectivorous passerines who have a gift of finding and capturing insects for survival.

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Nilgiri Flycatcher

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  • Scientific Name: Eumyias albicaudatus
  • Size: 13 cm (5.1 in)
  • Locality: Southern Indian hills
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to June

The Nilgiri Mountains in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala of India is the particular distribution range for the species, thus the name. An animated blue tone takes precedence for most of the feather while the front regions are a shade or two lighter than the rest.

Their nesting and breeding sites are usually higher up from the ground, at least over 1200 meters from sea level. That’s why not a lot of individual birds can be spotted at lower altitudes. Since it’s a flycatcher, it dives in from perch, grabs insects and flies back to the same perch for consumption.

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ultramarine Flycatcher

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  • Scientific Name: Ficedula superciliaris
  • Size: 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in)
  • Locality: Foothills of the Himalayas
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Mid-April to early July

Instead of a solid blue, the Ultramarine Flycatcher bears the flag of a blue that’s equally shared with white abdomen. It’s tinier than all of the sparrows and shaped like a mini warbler. They show a white patch beside the eyes while the tail feathers are bordered in a narrow black shade.

This species is usually found around the Himalayan foothills between Jammu and Kashmir to Uttarakhand. Population is found in Nepal and Bhutan around similar settings. From cavities to hill station boxes, these birds can make their home using mosses or twigs for breeding.

Blue Batch of Tanagers

Many bird-lovers might not be aware that Red-Legged Honeycreeper is a type of Tanager, thus it’s ranked alongside the Blue-Gray Tanager in my listing.

Red-Legged Honeycreeper

Red-Legged Honeycreeper

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  • Scientific Name: Cyanerpes cyaneus
  • Size: 12.2 cm (4.8 in)
  • Locality: The tropical New World
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April to June

Although it’s a bird with prior naming focused on the red legs, your eyes will always stick to the cyan mohawk or blue feathers. This expansion of blue is shared with black on the back and the side of its face as well. It’s a tiny bird whose name begins with ‘H’ and hints at its thirst for collecting nectar from tree barks.

This bird is native to the Tropical New World, indicating the South American river basin regions and a few transgressions over Mexico. Out of the 11 subspecies, 4 are common occurrences in Brazil. They nest at the edges of forests or citrus plantations as their food sources there are abundant.

Blue-Gray Tanager

Blue-Gray Tanager

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  • Scientific Name: Thraupis episcopus
  • Size: 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in)
  • Locality: South America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to July

This bird in particular is feathered with a much lighter tone of blue that’s quite close to faded blue hidden behind an overcast sky. This is the basis for the name’s adjective part of ‘blue-gray’ while the Tanager part refers to it being a songbird. Its 14 recognized subspecies differ mostly in hue on their plumage and shoulder patches.

These light-blue birds prefer some openings in their habitat zones, especially around agricultural lands and open forests. The reason for nesting near human habitats is because they tend to consume fruits grown in the gardens. Otherwise, insects and nectar are part of their diet too.

Other Types of Blue Birds

Finally, here is a list of a few other birds in blue who might not share its family name with another violet avian species.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

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  • Scientific Name: Sitta canadensis
  • Size: 11 cm (4.3 in)
  • Locality: North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Mid-April to early August

This little songbird has a red chest and the feathers are of a grayed out blue tone. The redness of the chest isn’t striking, rather a highlighted portion made more apparent under direct sunlight. Much like the buntings, its wings hold black outlines and the remainder of the abdomen stands white.

It’s an athletic species that’s able to climb up trees or reach inside roots for collecting food. Meaning, it can literally walk on a vertical surface if needs be. Northern coniferous forests are their home and around those areas you’ll hear them making feeble noises like toy horns.

Blue Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

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  • Scientific Name: Passerina caerulea
  • Size: 14 to 19 cm (5.5 to 7.5 in)
  • Locality: North and Central America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April to August

It’s a bird that’s nothing shy of a painter’s most artistic creation using blue and orange. The blue is a lively one which encompasses almost the entire body. Wings are orange accented and gold-outlined, feathers there take a darker turn in regards to the tone, toward a darker violet.

This North American passerine has 7 subspecies distributed across the continent. Since it’s a passerine, dense forests are not their forte – so you’ll find them foraging and nesting around woodlands with openings. Blue Grosbeak is often confused with Indigo Buntings due to their tonal similarities.

Cape Starling

Cape Starling

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  • Scientific Name: Lamprotornis nitens
  • Size: 25 cm (10 in)
  • Locality: Southern Africa
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: October to February

Cape Stirling birds show us a unique shade of shiny blue which reacts differently to separate light intensities. Mostly, the head and neck spaces are slightly lighter in color intensity than the wings. The black beaks and legs create a fine contrast of colors with the yellow eyes popping out from the entire palette.

On some birds, the upper parts of the bodies are a greener shade of blue. These birds are known for living in groups, especially during breeding seasons. This groups can contain other species of stirlings and they forage together for food in southern African open woodlands.

Hyacinth Macaw

Hyacinth Macaw

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  • Scientific Name: Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
  • Size: 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
  • Locality: Central and eastern South America
  • Status: Vulnerable
  • Breeding Season: November to April

Drawing focus on a parrot family, the Hyacinth Macaw was originally known as the ‘Blue Macaw’ due to its dazzling blue colorization. It’s closely related to the once popular animated film Rio’s (2011) featured species Spix’s Macaw, going by the name of ‘Blu’. This parrot too is native to certain parts of South America.

This species commonly builds its nest upon Manduvi trees, inside cavities or cliffs in mountain ranges. It’s currently stated as ‘Vulnerable’ due to decline in number and thus, a few South American nations are trying to ensure legal protection for the existing birds.

White-Tailed Robin

White-Tailed Robin

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  • Scientific Name: Myiomela leucura
  • Size: 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in)
  • Locality: Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and adjacent areas of Southeast Asia
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April to June (presumably)

White-tailed Robins actually lay bare most of their vital information through their name – for starters, it has a white undertail and secondly, it’s a robin. Most robins from the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia are insectivorous and this Old World flycatcher is no different.

Male birds are navy-blue feathered and the textures on the abdomen are due to the formation of the plumages. Wings take a darker turn in the middle and such dark gradients are observed around the neck region. Female birds are usually yellow-ish brown with a faded out effect.

Black-Naped Monarch

Black-Naped Monarch

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  • Scientific Name: Hypothymis azurea
  • Size: 16 cm (6.3 in)
  • Locality: Southern and south-eastern Asia
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to August

It’s a very little, vibrant blue and bubble bird living in the south-eastern regions of Asia. Basically this species is a passerine which pays allegiance to the monarch bird family. Apart from the pale azure, the male bird has a black patch on the nape; female birds are usually brown and white with a light blue head.

The 23 subspecies of this bird vary from one another in feather color, mostly minor differences in spots or patches. Wooden areas are their favorite breeding zones and slight movement within their distribution range is observed by experts.

Purple Martin

Purple Martin

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  • Scientific Name: Progne subis
  • Size: 20 cm (7.9 in)
  • Locality: North America
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: May and June

Although the name suggests the bird to be ‘purple’, the actual aesthetics are slightly different. Purple Martins contain black and blue feathers with an iridescent highlight over the shiny plumes. In North America, this species has been measured to be the largest swallow avian.

The blue exists mostly for the abdomen, head and shoulders while the rest is black. As it’s the case for male birds, female birds have much more limitation to the blue as this color is only accented on their feathers, not concentrated. Because the rest of their body feathers are white and gray.

Kalij Pheasant

Kalji Pheasant

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  • Scientific Name: Lophura leucomelanos
  • Size: 63 to 74 cm (25 to 29 in)
  • Locality: Himalayan foothills, from Nepal, Pakistan to western Thailand
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: March to July

Kalij Pheasant might deceive you if you keep searching for a blue bird around the Himalayan foothills between Pakistan and Thailand, because this species is sexually dimorphic. Meaning, only the male bird is bluish-black and accented with whites in parts while the female is mostly brown.

However, both of the sexes are crowned and it’s the same for all 9 of their subspecies. Due to its abundance, it was declared as the Bird of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir back in 2021. They share behavioral similarities with Turkeys and other pheasants of the territory.

Blue Whistling Thrush

Blue Whistling Thrush

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  • Scientific Name: Myophonus caeruleus
  • Size: 31 to 35 cm (12 to 14 in)
  • Locality: Mountains of Central Asia, South Asia, China and Southeast Asia
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: April to August

Blue Whistling Thrush is a close cousin of the Black-breasted Thrush and both of them share the feature of a bright orange pair of beaks. It’s a dark violet blue bird which lives in the mountainous regions with a prior concentration on parts of Asia and inside temperate montane forests.

It has six subspecies of different sizes and slight variance in colors, but the basic blue feather, speckled marks, white tips and black tail mostly remain the same. This species can mimic human whistle almost identically and lives off of insects, snails or fruits.

Violet Sabrewing

Violet Sabrewing

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  • Scientific Name: Campylopterus hemileucurus
  • Size: 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in)
  • Locality: From Mexico to Panama
  • Status: Least Concern
  • Breeding Season: Local rainy season

This species belongs to the group of hummingbirds and falls under the category of long-beaked small birds. These birds mostly flaunt two colors: a deep shade of metallic blue that has a violet aberration. The other color is a deep black, consuming the wings, belly, head and tail.

Apart from the color and size, this tiny bird is often recognized by its loud noises and love for nectar from flowers. Their distribution is restricted to the central part of North America, especially in Mexico and Panama. Both of the subspecies prefer higher altitude for habitation in montane forests.

Thoughts

This article has told you a lot about different types of blue birds whose plumage colors go beyond the blues of the sky.

These birds are diverse in nature, distributed across the planet and vary in characteristics from one species to the very next.

It’s not only about admiring their beauty from an aesthetic standpoint, but also carries some degree of knowledge on each individual bird, with celebration and with major focus on their survival challenges.

If you want to capture their artistry, let it only be done with your camera without hampering their daily dwellings and not in any other way.

And should you feel like doing more, work toward ensuring a safe habitat for them with sufficient food sources so that they can thrive peacefully.

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