Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798)

Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides, breeds in western North America and spends the non-breeding season in western Mexico. It is a small thrush of mountainous country. Adult males are bright turquoise-blue with a lighter underside and a slender bill. Females are less vivid, with blue wings and tail and grey on the breast, crown, throat and back. In fresh autumn plumage, the female shows red-orange on the throat and breast, browner towards the flank, with white underparts to the tail. It is a relative of the eastern and western bluebirds.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Turdidae — Thrushes

Breeding range

North America: w

Nonbreeding range

w Mexico