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ViewsEastern BluebirdFrom Opus
 Photographed: Wellsboro, PA
[edit] IdentificationLength 18cm (7 in), Wingspan 33cm (13 in). Male: Blue back, orange thoat, sides of neck, and chest, white belly. Black eyes and legs. Female: Similar, but drabber, with rusty color in place of orange, and gray on the nape. Juvenile: has speckled breast. [edit] Similar SpeciesSimilar to Western Bluebird but throat rusty, not blue. Belly and undertail whiter, not as grey. [edit] DistributionEastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern Canada to the Gulf States and southeastern Arizona and winters south to Nicaragua. [edit] TaxonomyPolytypic. Consists of six subspecies. [edit] HabitatFound in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards. [edit] BehaviourThe diet includes insects such as grasshoppers, crickets or beetles. [edit] ReferencesWikipedia [edit] External Links
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