Bluebirds

The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family. Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage. Wikipedia

Family: Turdidae

Scientific name: Sialia

Class: Aves

Mass: Eastern bluebird: 30 g, Mountain bluebird: 30 g, Western bluebird: 26 g Encyclopedia of Life

Length: Eastern bluebird: 16 – 21 cm, Western bluebird: 16 – 19 cm Encyclopedia of Life

Did you know: Bluebirds can typically produce between two and four broods during the spring and summer (March through August in the Northeastern United States). wikipedia.org