Species: Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Sialia
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Azulejo Pálido - merlebleu azuré
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Turdidae - Sialia - Banks and Browning (1995) rejected Phillips' proposed replacement of S. CURRUCOIDES by S. ARCTICA.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (bluebird).
Migration
false - true - true
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Insectivorous. Feeds on beetles, ants, bees, wasps, caterpillars, grasshoppers, etc. Also consumes some berries and grapes seasonally. Hovers and drops to ground while foraging or darts out from a low perch to catch prey.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 4-8 (usually 5-6). Sometimes 2 broods per year. Both sexes, primarily female, incubate about 13-14 days (Harrison 1978). Altricial young tended by both parents (may be assisted by young of first brood).
Ecology Comments
In Wyoming, Finzel recorded 6-7 bluebirds/16.2 ha (Bureau of Land Management, no date).
Length
18
Weight
28
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: central Alaska, southern Yukon to southwestern Manitoba, south in mountains to California, Nevada, northern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, Colorado, western Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. NON-BREEDING: southern British Columbia, western Montana, south to central Mexico, southern Texas, east, at least casually, to eastern Kansas, western Oklahoma and central Texas.