Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Azulejo Oriental,
Azulejo Gorjicanelo

 

 

Audio (M. Oberle)

 
Male - Photo: G. Beaton

 

The male is blue above and rufous on the throat and breast. The female has an eye ring and is grayer above, with blue in the wings and tail. The juvenile resembles the female but is spotted above and below and lacks chestnut on the breast. Length: 16-21 cm.; weight: 28-32 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Perches in open areas and flies out to catch insects on the ground or in the air. Nests in eastern North America, south to Nicaragua. Winters in southern North America and Central America. Accidental in the Virgin Islands. May eventually occur in Puerto Rico.

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE

 
   
Male - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Male - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Juvenile - Photo: G. Beaton

References

Bent, A.C. 1949. Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 196. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1964).

Clement, P. 2001. Thrushes. Princeton University Press.

Gowaty, P. A. and J. H. Plissner. 1998. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). No. 381 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

NORTH AMERICAN BLUEBIRD SOCIETY:
http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/

http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/nestboxcam/index.html

Eastern Bluebird, Spanish text

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