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Bluebird

Bluebirds

Eastern Bluebird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genera
Sialia

The bluebirds are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family Turdidae.

These are one of the relatively few thrush groups to be restricted to the New World. As the name implies, these are attractive birds with blue, or blue and red, plumage.

Species:


Mountain Bluebird



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