16 Unique Birds That Can Stun You With Their Beauty (Pics & Video)

Nature does not stop surprising us as more and more species of different animals are discovered around the world. Among these are exotic and special birds that over the years have become a focus of interest for scientists, researchers, and bird watchers alike, thanks to the variety and unique appearance of these winged creatures.

Whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata): The Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae. The Whiskered Treeswift is found in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand. The adult male has a dark bronze-brown body with a white belly, flanks and under tail-coverts, long wings and deep blue forked tail, and tertial flight feathers are white. In addition, the underwing shows blue coverts and white tertial flight feathers. The head is blue to glossy black and slightly crested. These specie's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Whiskered Treeswift is a forest-living bird that frequents small cover breaks such as tracks or streams. The bird follows the vegetation up around the highest emergent crowns in evergreen forest and locally in tall mangroves. This species occurs from plains up to 1000 to 1100 meters on slopes, but it is often seen below 800 meters in N Malay Peninsula.