Meet 22 blue animals, from the pretty blue-speckled tree monitor to the vivd blue poison dart frog

21 blue animals to marvel at

By Megan Shersby

Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 15:23 PM

Blue might be one of nature’s rarest colours but blue animals might be more common than you think. Meet our favourite blue animals from the common to the rare – and there may be some surprises…

22 blue animals

Blue poison dart frogs from Surinam, South America. © Getty Images

The showy and dazzling peacock in all its glory © Getty Images

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Blue-speckled tree monitor, found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. © Westranger/Getty

Can this be real? A beautiful blue dragon sea slug. © S.Rohrlach/Getty
A blue carpenter bee, Xylocopa caerulea, on a flower.

The blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa caerulea) from south-east Asia. © Getty Images

Blue tit in spring on a small branch. © Mark L Stanley/Getty
A Portuguese man o’ war (Physalia physalis) washed up on St. Catherine’s Beach in Bermuda

A washed up Portuguese Man o’ War – watch out for its sting! © Getty images

Common blue butterfly on marjoram. © Ian West/Oxford Scientific/Getty Images Plus
The Grand Cayman blue iguana. © Michael Fitzsimmons/Getty
Sri Lankan blue magpie in Sri Lanka. © feathercollector/Getty
Portrait Blue Bielzia coerulans slug crawls over dry leaves in forest. Carpathian blue slug or blue slug selective focus

Blue Bielzia coerulans slug © getty Images

Blue jays in the snow. © Gary Carter/Getty
Striped surgeonfish at the Great Barrier Reef, Unesco World Heritage Site. © Norbert Probst/Getty
A young panther chameleon. © fotoclick/Getty
Common kingfisher in Sussex, UK. © Lillian King/Getty
Blue shark in the sunlight at Gordon’s Bay, Azores. © Margriet Tilstra/Getty

Blue shark in the sunlight at Gordon’s Bay, Azores. © Margriet Tilstra/Getty

Blue-winged kookaburra. © Rini Kools/Getty


Blue-winged kookaburra. © Rini Kools/Getty

Eastern bluebird. © Gary Carter/Getty
An emperor dragonfly. © Anne Richardson/500px/Getty
Blue-girdled angelfish, also known as majestic angelfish, swimming past soft corals in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. © Georgette Douwma/Getty
Normally brown in colour, male sinai agama lizards turn blue in the mating season to attract females. © Grandbrothers/Getty
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The blue whale is probably one blue animal everyone can name. Blue whales are actually blue-grey, but they appear brilliantly turquoise in the water as they reflect the blue sky