What is the most beautiful bird in the world?

Pure looks, nothing else counted. Power and reputation are worth nothing here, which rearranges the usual order.

1. 1
   Indian Peafowl

   The train of eye-spotted feathers Darwin said made him sick to look at, because it defied his theory.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Resplendent Quetzal

   Sacred to the Maya and Aztecs, with tail streamers longer than its body.
   862pts
3. 3
   Victoria Crowned Pigeon

   A turkey-sized New Guinea pigeon wearing a fan of lace-tipped crest feathers.
   665pts
4. 4
   Golden Pheasant

   A Chinese pheasant with a gold crest and a cape it fans across its own face.
   597pts
5. 5
   Snowy Owl

   Males get whiter with age; the oldest are almost pure white.
   517pts
6. 6
   Greater Flamingo

   Pink because of what it eats; raised on a different diet it turns white.
   517pts
7. 7
   Atlantic Puffin

   Grows a brightly coloured bill plate for the breeding season and sheds it afterwards.
   517pts
8. 8
   Keel-billed Toucan

   A bill a third of its body length that weighs almost nothing and sheds heat.
   517pts
9. 9
   Bald Eagle

   White head, yellow beak, and a silhouette designed by a committee in 1782.
   423pts
10. 10
    Mandarin Duck

    An East Asian duck so ornate that a stray male in Central Park drew crowds for months.
    310pts
11. 11
    Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

    Has a bare blue crown, patterned like a skullcap, that is visible in the dark.
    310pts
12. 12
    Blue Jay

    Not actually blue: the colour is structural, and a crushed feather turns brown.
    310pts
13. 13
    Hyacinth Macaw

    The largest flying parrot, cobalt blue with a bare yellow eye ring.
    310pts
14. 14
    Scarlet Macaw

    A metre of red, yellow and blue, and a lifespan that can reach fifty years.
    172pts
15. 15
    Lilac-breasted Roller

    Kenya and Botswana's unofficial national bird, carrying eight colours at once.
    172pts