Size: 10.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Long billed and short tailed, no crest. Uniformly blue all over, darker blue on the head, paler on the belly, back and wings. Habitat: Oak/Chaparral, Pinyon/Juniper Time of year: Primarily in...
Male and Female Description Size: 7.25” Plumage/Description: Male plumage is an overall sky-blue color, with a white belly and under-tail coverts. Females are similar in appearance to female Western Bluebirds, pale gray head, back, and belly. The breast is a dull...
Adult Juvenile Description Size: 11” Plumage/Description: Adult male/female plumage similar, although females are larger than males. Adult plumage includes a dark crown, a slaty-blue-gray back and wings, pronounced horizontal barring on tail, with alternating dark...
Adults Description Size: 11.5” Plumage/Description: Males and females have similar plumage. The most prominent feature is its distinctive crest black crest with a small amount of white streaking at the base of the crest and over the eye. The crest, head, and neck...
Male Female Description Size: 7” Plumage/Description: Males are a stunning deep blue color on the head, throat, back, wings and tail and the breasts, flanks, and scapulars are a deep chestnut color. Females are a pale blue-gray color on the head and back. Wings...
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