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

Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides

Male Mountain Blubird - Male Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird Distribution Map - Bird Distribution generated from Montana Bird Distribution Database

Male Mountain Blubird - Male Mountain Bluebird

Bluebird - Male Mountain Bluebird relaxing in its nest.

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5B

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

General Description

The information for this species is not complete. We hope to have it available soon.

Diagnostic Characteristics

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

Distribution

Montana Range

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.