Green Birds

Most birds that appear green do not possess any pigmentation that gives them their color. Green is a structural color that occurs as a result of Tyndall scattering when light falls on the protein particles present on their wings.

There are a few exceptions, like the Guinea Turaco, which possesses a unique pigment called turacoverdin that gives the bird its green feathers.

Green Birds

List of Birds That Appear Green

  • Allen’s Hummingbird
  • Amazon Parrot
  • Arctic Warbler
  • Berylline Hummingbird
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Blue-throated Mountain Gem
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  • Budgerigar
  • Calliope Hummingbird
  • Cinnamon Hummingbird
  • Costa’s Hummingbird
  • Crimson-collared Grosbeak
  • Cuban Vireo
  • Double-eyed Fig Parrot
  • Glistening-green Tanager
  • Glossy Ibis 
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Grass-green Tanager
  • Great Green Macaw
  • Green Bee-eater
  • Green Broadbill
  • Green Catbird
  • Green Heron 
  • Green Honeycreeper
  • Green Jay
  • Green Kingfisher
  • Green Parakeet
  • Green-breasted Mango
  • Green-tailed Towhee
  • Green-winged Teal 
  • Guinea Turaco
  • Hawai’i ʻAmakihi
  • Hooded Warbler
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Lesser Green Broadbill
  • Lewis’s Woodpecker
  • Mallard Duck 
  • Mexican Violetear
  • Monk Parakeet
  • Nanday Parakeet
  • Northern Emerald-toucanet
  • Northern Lapwing
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Pacific Parrotlet
  • Plain-capped Starthroat
  • Puerto Rican Tody
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Red-crowned Parrot
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Red-lored Amazon
  • Resplendent Quetzal
  • Rivoli’s Hummingbird 
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Short-tailed Green Magpie
  • Superb Fruit Dove
  • Tennessee Warbler 
  • Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  • Violet-green Swallow
  • White-cheeked Turaco
  • White-eared Hummingbird
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Wilson’s Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler

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