The blue jay bird is famous for its brilliant blue feathers, but these feathers are not blue. Unlike most other birds, these birds lack blue pigments in their plumage. Blue is not a pigment but an ...

While some plants can produce blue pigments because of anthocyanins, most creatures in the animal kingdom are unable to make ...

Blue jays are bright blue on top, white or light gray underneath, and have black and white bars on their wings and tail ...

The Steller's jay has beautiful blue on its body, and black feathers in the head crest. It frequents open woodlands, the edges of clearings, breaks in the forest, and the plant growth among waterways.