Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: blue
Occurrence: near water
Diet: insects
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: blue on head, throat, wings, tail and back;chestnut color on chest
Season: winter

Western bluebird (male)
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae (thrushes)
Genus: Sialia
species: mexicana