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Sialia
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The bluebirds are a North American group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous passerine birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas.
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Sialia is a genus of birds within the family Turdidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Swainson in 1827 and holds an accepted taxonomic status. One species within this group is the Eastern Bluebird. The taxon is distinct from Cyanistes caeruleus and Irena.
Records for Sialia are held by institutions including UTEP and RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, with data primarily from the United States. The iDigBio database contains 101 records and 1 media item for this taxon. On iNaturalist, there are 148,375 observations associated with the Eastern Bluebird. The GBIF occurrence database lists 10,295,644 occurrences. The genus is referenced by 132 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Eastern Bluebird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 101
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Turdidae
- Collections
- UTEP, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Category:Bluebirds
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- Sialia
- different from
- Irena
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and species
- Behavior
- In the garden
- In culture
- Iroquois
- As a symbol in songs
- See also
- References
- External links
The bluebirds are a North American group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous passerine birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas.
Bluebirds lay an average of 4 to 6 eggs per clutch. They will usually brood two or three times in a year. Bluebirds nest from March all the way through August.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sialia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.