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Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TURDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Western Bluebird Photo

© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Western Bluebird is a common sight in parklands of the West. Unlike the other species of bluebirds, it does not like large meadows, preferring open forests instead.

Read Cornell Lab of Ornithology's blog, Round Robin

Calls

  • Song, call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a soft "kew," often repeated several times. Also a chatter. Songs can be repeated calls.

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