Bluebirds
Sialia
The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous bird in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar and there is no noticeable difference in size between the two sexes.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Eastern Bluebird
speciesSialia sialis
Western Bluebird
speciesSialia mexicana
Mountain Bluebird
speciesSialia currucoides
Eastern × Mountain Bluebird
hybridSialia sialis × currucoides
Eastern × Western Bluebird
hybridSialia sialis × mexicana
Western × Mountain Bluebird
hybridSialia mexicana × currucoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12935.