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://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oe3a_HXTuW0/WwW7jNgKN3I/AAAAAAAAJK0/Yp2EXreImPQCWR_JVvRxYFmWHarvSi-uACLcBGAs/s1600/1.jpg)