The 4-Feet-Tall Birds Named Secretary Birds Are So Beautiful And Gorgeous

We might be having a bad day, but if a pretty bird comes into view, suddenly we all feel a little lighter. According to bird watchers and scientists, there are about 9,000 to 10,000 species of birds. One way to spot them is physical appearance when you take a closer look, it becomes obvious that birds are available many shapes and colors, and a few are absolutely drop-dead gorgeous.

While it's not known for certain where the name "secretary bird" comes from, one explanation is that they're named after 19th lawyer's clerks, or secretaries. Secretaries typically wore gray coats and knee-length black pants, and they would tuck quill pens behind their ears, similar to the bird's coloring and head feather. Another theory is that "secretary bird" is an English-language corruption of saqr et-tair—roughly meaning "hunter bird" in Arabic a phrase one traveler claims to have heard Arabic-speaking people in Sudan call it. That explanation, however, has been called into doubt by some experts.