Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Passeriformes
        Family: Turdidae
          Genus: Sialia
            Species: mexicana

Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana

Western Bluebird

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

375491

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) is a medium-sized (16-19 cm), highly social bird that lives in open coniferous and deciduous woodlands. Males are bright blue with a rust-orange breast and upper back, while females are gray-buff with a pale orange wash on the breast and touches of blue on the wings and tail. They are distributed across the western U.S., from southern British Columbia to Baja California.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S4B,S4N

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SWAP Status: SGCN

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 119

Number of Mapped Locations: 189

Number of Observations: 3563

Observation date range: 03-08-1932 to 07-02-2019

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