While birds can develop colored pigments due to their diet and other factors, blue isn’t one of those colors. There isn’t any bird out there that is naturally blue. They appear blue to us because when light falls on their feathers, the keratin in them reflects a blue color to our eyes.
List of Birds That Appear Blue
- African Blue Flycatcher
- Asian Fairy-bluebird
- Azure Tit
- Bahama Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-naped Monarch
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Blue Bunting
- Blue Dacnis
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue Mockingbird
- Blue Quaker Parrot
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Blue Waxbill
- Blue Whistling Thrush
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-gray Tanager
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Bluethroat
- Blue-throated Barbet
- Blue-throated Macaw
- Budgerigar
- California Scrub Jay
- Cape Starling
- Cape Starling
- Cave Swallow
- Cerulean Warbler
- Cliff Swallow
- Coastal Blue Jay
- Common Grackle
- Common House Martin
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- European Roller
- Florida Blue Jay
- Florida Scrub Jay
- Great Blue Heron
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Hyacinth Macaw
- Indian Blue Robin
- Indian Peafowl
- Indian Ringneck Parakeet
- Indian Roller
- Indigo Bunting
- Interior Blue Jay
- Island Scrub Jay
- Kalij Pheasant
- Large Niltava
- Lazuli Bunting
- Lear’s Macaw
- Little Blue Heron
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Mangrove Swallow
- Mexican Jay
- Mexican Scrub Jay
- Mountain Bluebird
- Nilgiri Flycatcher
- Northern Blue Jay
- Northern Parula
- Pacific Parrotlet
- Painted Bunting
- Pinyon Jay
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Martin
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-legged Honeycreeper
- Red-legged Thrush
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Shining Honeycreeper
- Siberian Blue Robin
- Spix’s Macaw
- Steller’s Jay
- Superb Starling
- Transvolcanic Jay
- Tree Swallow
- Ultramarine Flycatcher
- Unicolored Jay
- Varied Bunting
- Violet Sabrewing
- Western Bluebird
- Western Swamphen
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-tailed Robin
- White-throated Magpie Jay
- Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
- Woodland Kingfisher
FAQs
1. Which is the rarest bird that appears blue? Spix’s macaw is the rarest parrot alive today and is subsequently one of the rarest blue-colored birds.
2. What are the most common blue birds? Some commonly seen blue-colored birds include the mountain bluebird, the blue jay, and the eastern bluebird.
