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  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Birds - Aves
      - Order - Songbirds - Passeriformes
        
        Family - Thrushes - Turdidae
        
        Species - Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides

Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5B

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none

General Description

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Diagnostic Characteristics

See Kaufman (1992) for detailed information on identification of bluebirds.

General Distribution

Montana Range

Western Hemisphere Range

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 4184

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Relative Density

Recency

Breeding
(direct evidence "B")

Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")

No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")

Overwintering
(regular observations "W")

Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

Migration

In the Bozeman area, normal migration periods are March 15 to April 25 and September 20 to October 15 (Skaar 1969).

Reproductive Characteristics

Nesting records statewide are from April 5 to June 25 (Davis 1961). Near Fortine, egg dates for the first brood were April 28 to June 30 and for second brood, May 27 to June 23. Dates for nestlings are from May 14 to June 30.

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Citation for data on this website:
Mountain Bluebird — Sialia currucoides. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABPBJ15030.aspx