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| − | [[Image:Eastern_Bluebird.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Eastern_Bluebird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by GaryT<br/>Photographed: Wellsboro, PA]] |
| − | == | + | ==Identification== |
Similar to Western Bluebird but throat rusty, not blue. Belly and undertail whiter, not as gray.<br/> | Similar to Western Bluebird but throat rusty, not blue. Belly and undertail whiter, not as gray.<br/> | ||
Female: duller than male; has a rusty throat and breast, white belly.<br/> | Female: duller than male; has a rusty throat and breast, white belly.<br/> | ||
Juvenile: speckle-breasted. | Juvenile: speckle-breasted. | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern Canada to the Gulf States and southeastern Arizona to Nicaragua. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Sialia sialis, is a medium-sized thrush | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The bright blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, fluttering down to the mowed grass to capture a grasshopper, cricket or beetle makes this species a favorite of birders. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Sialia+sialis+ View more images of Eastern Bluebird in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Sialia+sialis+ View more images of Eastern Bluebird in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 16 July 2007
- Sialia sialis
Identification
Similar to Western Bluebird but throat rusty, not blue. Belly and undertail whiter, not as gray.
Female: duller than male; has a rusty throat and breast, white belly.
Juvenile: speckle-breasted.
Distribution
Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern Canada to the Gulf States and southeastern Arizona to Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
Sialia sialis, is a medium-sized thrush
Habitat
Found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards.
Behaviour
The bright blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, fluttering down to the mowed grass to capture a grasshopper, cricket or beetle makes this species a favorite of birders.
