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Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Information
Range Western North America
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Turdidae
Genus Sialia
Species Sialia currucoides
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern
Mountain Bluebird in snow

Mountain Bluebird at winter perching on a snow-covered twig

The Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) is a small migratory thrush that is found in the mountainous landships of western North America. Males have thin bills and a bright turquoise-blue and somewhat lighter underneath. Females have duller blue wings and tail, grey breast, grey crown, throat and back. Their call is a thin 'few'; while their song is a warbled high 'chur chur'. It is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.

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