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Sialia sialis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179801

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Motacilla sialis Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): Azulejo oriental [Spanish]
  
    azulejo-oriental [Portuguese]
  
    azulino-oriental [Portuguese]
  
    Merlebleu de l'Est [French]
  
    Azulejo garganta canela [Spanish]
  
    Eastern Bluebird [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyTurdidae Rafinesque, 1815 – thrushes  
                               GenusSialia Swainson, 1827 – Bluebirds  
                                  SpeciesSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Azulejo oriental, azulejo-oriental, azulino-oriental, Merlebleu de l'Est, Azulejo garganta canela, Eastern Bluebird  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis bermudensis Verrill, 1901  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis caribaea T. R. Howell, 1965  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis fulva Brewster, 1885  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis guatemalae Ridgway, 1882  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis meridionalis Dickey & Van Rossem, 1930  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis nidificans A. R. Phillips, 1991  
                                     Subspecies Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Sialia sialis    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Sialia sialis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Eastern Bluebird[English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Sialia sialis, Eastern Bluebird [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sialia sialis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sialia sialis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Sialia sialis, Eastern Bluebird [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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