Nevada State Bird
Mountain Bluebird

• Official Nevada State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
• Family: Turdidae, Thrushes
• Scientific name: Sialia currucoides
• Length: 7.25" (18 cm)
• Diet: Insects; also takes fruit, especially in winter. Young fed insects.
• Foraging Behavior: Often hovers while foraging from ground or hawking from low perch.
• Voice: Song a series of low, burry whistles like call jerrf jerrf jewr jipo jerrf. Call a soft whistle similar to other bluebirds but thinner and clearer: feeer or a mellow, muffled perf, always descending; also a short, harsh chik or chak.
• Habitat: Open rangelands, meadows, generally at elevations above 5,000 feet; in winter found primarily in open lowlands, desert.
• Number of broods: 2
• Nest: Often in woodpecker-excavated cavity; loose cup of grass, weed stems, pine needles, twigs, occasionally with hair or feathers. Female selects site.
• Eggs: Averages 5-6 pale blue to bluish-white eggs, rarely white, unmarked. 0.8" (22 mm).
• Incubation period: 13-14 days
• Fledge: 22-23 days after hatching
• Longevity Record: 9 Years and 0 months (according to USGS Bird Banding Lab)

The Mountain Bluebird was designated the official Nevada State Bird in 1967 (NRS 235.060 State Bird).

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