Regarded by some ornithologists as the loveliest of all birds, the blue bird-of-paradise was discovered by Carl Hunstein in 1884. The scientific name commemorates the ill-fated Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria.
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The species is approximately 30 cm long, black with a bluish-white bill, dark brown iris, grey legs, broken white eye-ring and bright blue wings. The male is adorned with violet blue and cinnamon flank plumes and two long ribbon-like tail feathers. The female has a chestnut brown below.![[feature]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUOD1gksatFuoHYt96U9OqlVf7kz7UN9qDpkvrgC3c0z0OinRbcUbg4WhUewJiQV8TWhVje2Wlqjs_7bY-g2ju_qwjRvawn0v1DWZgylNpLSxuhcywvLVy8QJXBWxcwBzXysmDdJ7CSnM/s1600-rw/1.jpg)