Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Thrushes (Turdidae)

Codes: Common Name: RFBL Scientific Name: TARCYA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179838

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Red-flanked Bluetail Breeding Male Portrait

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Red-flanked Bluetail

Red-flanked Bluetail: Small thrush with blue upperparts, head, and tail. The belly and throat are white, flanks are orange-brown, and breast has gray wash. Very active bird. Hops on ground while bobbing tail up and down. Forages on ground and in trees for various insects and berries.

● Song: "keck-keck", "hueet"

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

● Breeding & 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.

● Similar species: Red-flanked Bluetail: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Rather swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

Red-flanked Bluetail Breeding Male Body Illustration

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

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationAccidental in North America

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.4 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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