Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
7″ in length 13″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Cropland fencelines, meadows, pastures, forest edges |
Ecology |
Migration |
Early March to early November |
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Occurrence |
Common |
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Taxonomy |
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Aves (birds) |
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Passeriformes (perching birds) |
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Turdidae (thrushes) |
Genus |
Sialia (bluebirds) |
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Azure Bluebird (Sialia sialis fulva) Bermuda Bluebird (Sialia sialis bermudensis) Common Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis caribaea) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis meridionalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis nidificans) Florida Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis grata) Guatemalan Bluebird (Sialia sialis guatemalae) |
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Gregory Gilman |
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Eastern Bluebird Pair |
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Ramona Abrego |
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Norm & Peg Dibble |
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Here’s a comical photo of a male Bluebird taking a bath in our pond stream and appears to be looking at one of our giant ceramic frogs gazing off in the distance. (There’s also a cement turtle in the upper right corner.) Notice the Goldfinch in the photo also just beneath the Bluebird. It’s either a female or a male without his bright yellow color yet. |
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Trisha |
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Bill Reynolds |
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a clutch of Eastern Blue Birds |
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Other Videos |
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Blue Birds Nesting! | Nikon D3200 Eastern Sialia sialis |
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Published on Jun 27, 2013 Eastern Blue Birds nesting in my back yard! The scientific name is Sialia sialis. This is pretty awesome because these Blue Birds are endangered. Recorded with the Nikon D3200 Edited in Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Enjoy -Derek |
Sialia Sialis |
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Published on Jul 2, 2013 Mr. & Mrs. Bluebird laid five eggs. They fed them and groomed them. Then the babies fledged. Watch it happen over the course of 16 days, from the time the babies hatched til they flew the coop. |
Eastern Bluebird (Muscicapidae: Sialia sialis) Male |
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Uploaded on Jun 26, 2009 Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (26 June 2009). |
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Published on Jun 29, 2013 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) pair at my neighbour's mealworm feeder. They were going back and forth, feeding the babies. Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com |
Tree Swallows and Eastern Bluebird |
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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2011 Tree swallows and a male eastern bluebird from Maine. © Garth McElroy License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135226 |
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| Gregory Gilman 5/29/2020 |
Location: Rochester, MN |
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| Gregory Gilman 3/29/2020 |
Location: Rochester, MN Eastern Bluebird Pair |
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| Sharon Learned 2/2/2020 |
Location: Hager City, WI (across river from MN) |
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| Norm & Peg Dibble 7/16/2019 |
Location: Maple Grove, MN Here’s a comical photo of a male Bluebird taking a bath in our pond stream and appears to be looking at one of our giant ceramic frogs gazing off in the distance. (There’s also a cement turtle in the upper right corner.) Notice the Goldfinch in the photo also just beneath the Bluebird. It’s either a female or a male without his bright yellow color yet. |
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| Ramona Abrego 5/13/2019 |
Location: Becker County |
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| Ramona Abrego 7/17/2018 |
Location: Becker County |
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| Margot Avey 7/16/2017 |
Location: Noerenberg Memorial Park on Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin County MN |
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| Trisha 12/6/2016 |
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| Bill Reynolds 6/17/2016 |
Location: Numedal Township, Pennington Co., Minnesota a clutch of Eastern Blue Birds |
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| Gregory Gilman 4/16/2015 |
Location: Rochester, MN |
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