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Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TURDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Mountain Bluebird Photo

A common sight in ranchland and other open areas of the American West, the male Mountain Bluebird is a breathtaking brilliant sky blue. It prefers more open habitats than the other bluebirds and can be found in colder habitats in winter.

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Calls

  • song, call
  • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a short series of burry whistles. Call a nasal, nonmusical "tew."

Read Cornell Lab of Ornithology's blog, Round Robin
Search the Macaulay Library online archive for more sounds and videos