Species profile
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Quick answer
Sky-blue above, rusty below; readily uses nest boxes along fencerows.
- Scientific name
- Sialia sialis
- Family
- Turdidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sialia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Open country, meadows
Recording Eastern Bluebird in your journal
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