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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Eared Dove]]'''</div>
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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Eastern Bluebird]]'''</div>
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[[Image:Eared_Dove_DSCN6980_by_NJLarsen.jpg|thumb|300px|left|<br />Photo by {{user|NJLarsen|NJLarsen}}]]
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[[Image:Eastern_Bluebird.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photo by {{user|GaryT|GaryT}}]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Length: 22-25 cm (8½-9¾ ins) in north, some southern birds larger.<br />
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Length 16·5–21 cm (6½-8¼ in), Wingspan 33cm (13 in)<br />
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The tail looks short, especially on the standing bird. Both upper and undersides have a warm brown color, with a few black spots on the folded wing. The head has a grey crown (brown in female), black line going diagonally down behind the eye, and a second parallel line further down the side of the head. At least on some subspecies, the area behind the eye shows a violet color. The underparts including the undertail coverts are brown, and the tail is tipped with cinnamon in northern populations, white in southern ones; subterminally, there is a black band. The bill is black and the legs dark red.
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'''Male'''
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*Blue upperparts
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*Orange throat, sides of neck, and chest
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*White belly
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*Blackish tips on tail
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*Black eyes and legs
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====Similar Species====
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Similar to [[Western Bluebird]], which has a blue throat. Belly and undertail whiter, not as grey.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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'''Breeds''' in [[South America]] from [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]] to [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]], and in the [[Caribbean]] in the [[Netherlands Antilles]] and the [[Lesser Antilles]] north to [[St. Lucia]] and [[Barbados]]. Records exist for observations on [[Martinique]] and [[Panama]].
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Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern [[Canada]] to the Gulf States and south-eastern [[Arizona]] and winters south to [[Nicaragua]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
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The Eared Dove, [[Mourning Dove]] and [[Socorro Dove]] are closely related; in the past some authorities have described them as forming a superspecies.
 
  
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'''[''[[Eared Dove|Read More...]]'']'''
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'''[''[[Eastern Bluebird|Read More...]]'']'''
  
 
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Revision as of 06:58, 1 October 2016

Featured Article: Eastern Bluebird
Photo by GaryT

Identification

Length 16·5–21 cm (6½-8¼ in), Wingspan 33cm (13 in)
Male

  • Blue upperparts
  • Orange throat, sides of neck, and chest
  • White belly
  • Blackish tips on tail
  • Black eyes and legs

Similar Species

Similar to Western Bluebird, which has a blue throat. Belly and undertail whiter, not as grey.

Distribution

Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern Canada to the Gulf States and south-eastern Arizona and winters south to Nicaragua.

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