General

Red-flanked Bluetail: Small thrush with blue upperparts, head, and tail. Belly and throat are white, flanks are orange-brown, and breast has gray wash. Female and juvenile have olive-brown upperparts, heads, and napes, orange-brown flanks, gray wash on bellies, blue tails and rumps, and white throats and eye-rings.

Range and Habitat

Red-flanked Bluetail: Accidental in western Aleutians and Pribilof Islands; a single record exists from the Farralon Islands off California. Common in Siberia.

Breeding and Nesting

Red-flanked Bluetail: Five to seven white eggs with brown concentrated at the larger ends are laid in a nest made of grass, roots and moss, lined with soft grass, pine needles, hair, and wool, and built in a stump, log, or on the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Red-flanked Bluetail: Eats insects and berries; forages on the ground and in trees.

Readily Eats

Raisins, Currants, Nut Meal

Vocalization

Red-flanked Bluetail: Song is a clear whistle or short monotonous warble. Call is a "hueet" or a hoarse "keck-keck."

Similar Species

Red-flanked Bluetail: None in range.