Common Name: Mountain Bluebird
Scientific Name: Sialia currucoides
Range: Western mountainous United States, year-round from southeastern Oregon through western Nevada to northern Arizona and New Mexico. Breeding range extends to southern Alaska and throughout British Columbia, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Winter range extends to central and southern California, western Texas and into northern Mexico.
The most difficult to find of the bluebird species, the mountain bluebird prefers high elevations such as mountain meadows and high rangeland. That chilly mountain air seems to infuse the bird's bright blue plumage, and males show no rusty coloration at all, though the strength of the blue can vary from an icy light blue to a richer royal blue. The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.
Photo © Minette Layne
Scientific Name: Sialia currucoides
Range: Western mountainous United States, year-round from southeastern Oregon through western Nevada to northern Arizona and New Mexico. Breeding range extends to southern Alaska and throughout British Columbia, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Winter range extends to central and southern California, western Texas and into northern Mexico.
The most difficult to find of the bluebird species, the mountain bluebird prefers high elevations such as mountain meadows and high rangeland. That chilly mountain air seems to infuse the bird's bright blue plumage, and males show no rusty coloration at all, though the strength of the blue can vary from an icy light blue to a richer royal blue. The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.
Photo © Minette Layne
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