Bird name:

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: EABL Scientific Name: SIASIA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179801

Eastern Bluebird Juvenile - The juvenile Eastern Bluebird has gray-brown upperparts, white eyering, pale blue tail and wings, white spots on the back and a brown breast with white scaling.

Eastern Bluebird - The breeding male Eastern Bluebird has bright blue upperparts, a rust-brown throat and breast, and a white belly and vent.

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Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Bluebird: Small thrush with bright blue upperparts, rust-brown throat and breast, and white belly and vent. Forages in the open from low branches for insects, earthworms, and spiders. Eats mostly berries and seeds in winter. Slow, direct flight with shallow, jerky wing beats.

● Song: "turee", "queedle"

● Foraging & Feeding: Eastern Bluebird: Feeds on insects, earthworms, snails, and other invertebrates, and is highly dependent upon berries during winter; forages from low perches, usually hawking insects.

● Breeding & nesting: Eastern Bluebird: Four to six light blue or white eggs are laid in a loose cup of grass and plant stems built in a natural tree cavity, old woodpecker hole, fence post or bird box; 2 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Eastern Bluebird: Western Bluebird has gray throat and belly. Female Western Bluebird has a rust-brown tinge on nape and back.

Flight Pattern

Slow flight with shallow wing beats.

Eastern Bluebird Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Eastern Bluebird: Breeds east of Rockies from southeast Canada to Gulf of Mexico; winters in southern portion of breeding range. Inhabits open woodlands, clearings, farmlands, parks, orchards, gardens, fields; often seen along roadsides on utility wires and fences.

^BreedingMonogamous, Pairs

^PopulationFairly common in range

^MigrationSome migrate

^Weight1.1 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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