Meet Beautiful Mandarin Duck – The Worlds Most Beautiful Bird (10 Pics)

Meet the Mandarin duck, regularly dubbed the most beautiful bird in the world, and it’s easy to see why. With its strikingly colorful feathers and unique shape, it really is like no other animal we have ever seen before.

The breast is purple with bronze-colored sides. The top of the back is blue with two orange 'sails' just below it that stick up, just like a boat sail. Only the male of the species is this unique coloring. The female is a much duller grey color with a white striped running from her eyes and white spotted breast.