10 Unusual Animals That Are Beautiful In Their Weirdness

The natural world is full of so many amazing creatures, isn't it? Some are beautiful, some are scary as hell, but a lot of them sit in that fuzzy gray area of being pretty cool or even just kind of pretty, but also being downright weird.

1. This fashionable bird is called a white-browed purpletuft: White-browed Purpletuft is mostly gray-brown with white scaling on the underparts and white center of the breast and belly. It has a white crescent on the face and white stripe from behind de eye. The male has purple tufts on the sides of the breast which are lacking on the female. It forages in the forest canopy in Amazonia where it is often seen perched on tree tops. The patterned head is diagnostic but see the female Spangled Cotinga and Plum-throated Cotinga.