Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: sky blue
Occurrence: near water
Diet: insects
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: all blue, black beak
Season: winter

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