There are some truly astounding birds on earth, so, all considered, what is the most beautiful bird/bird sound? There are four categories I would like:
- Most beautiful bird you saw
- Most beautiful bird ever
- Most beautiful bird song/call you heard
- Most beautiful bird song/call ever
My opinions are (a group means all members are beautiful):
The most beautiful birds I saw were:
- Peafowl
- Sunbirds
- Orange-headed thrush
- Hoopoes
- Indian paradise-flycatcher
The most beautiful birds ever are:
- Peafowl
- Hummingbirds, especially Green-crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica fannyi)
- Junglefowl, especially Sri Lankan junglefowl
- Sunbirds
- Many-coloured rush-tyrant
- Black-and-orange flycatcher
- Colourful tanagers
- Fork-tailed kite
- Northern cardinal
- Bluethroat
- And countless more…
The most beautiful bird songs/calls I ever heard are
- Asian brown flycatcher
- Oriental magpie-robin
- Common myna
- Common tailorbird
- Sunbirds
- Larks
The most beautiful bird songs/calls ever are:
- Wood thrush
- Tickell’s blue flycatcher
- New world sparrows
- Asian koel
- Pallas’ grasshopper warbler
- Wrens
- and countless more…