Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
About the Western Bluebird
The western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) is a small North American thrush. The western bluebird was formally described by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 and given the binomial name Sialia mexicana. Six subspecies are recognized: S. m. occidentalis Townsend, JK, 1837 – southwest Canada to north Baja California (northwest Mexico) S. m. bairdi Ridgway, 1894 – interior west USA to Sonora and Chihuahua (northwest Mexico) S. m. jacoti Phillips, AR, 1991 – south central USA and northeast Mexico S. m. amabilis Moore, RT, 1939 – northcentral Mexico S. m. nelsoni Phillips, AR, 1991 – central Mexico S. m. mexicana Swainson, 1832 – south central Mexico.
A real field recording of the Western Bluebird. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, Mexico, United States · xeno-canto lists 118 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisrecording
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesrecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.