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Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 8,633, February 8,258, March 9,381, April 17,800, May 10,906, June 5,294, July 4,761, August 4,913, September 5,839, October 6,219, November 8,100, December 7,851.
Texas97,957
United States66,086
Canada56,239
California54,464
Alberta23,921
Arizona2,988
Oregon2,470
New Mexico2,156
British Columbia1,293
Mexico1,279

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyThrushes · Turdidae
GenusBluebirds · Sialia

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