FAST FACT
There is no bird species that can produce the color blue. Birds get their color from pigments in the food that they eat, and there is no food that allows them to produce the color blue. The blue bird’s color is the result of the structure of the feathers and how light is reflected. The red and yellow wavelengths of light cancel out and the blue wavelength is left. This is what we perceive by the human eye, making the bird blue.
