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DISTINGUISHING MARKS
61/2-7” (16-18 cm). A bit larger than a sparrow; appears round shouldered when perched. Head, wings, and tail blue; breast and back rusty red. (In some birds the back is partially or wholly blue.) Throat blue. Females are paler, duller, with rusty breast, grayish throat and belly. Young birds are speckle-breasted, grayish, devoid of red, but with some telltale blue in wings and tails.
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DISTRIBUTION
Breeds from s.British Columbia, western U. S. to mountains of central Mexico.
HABITAT
Scattered trees, open conifer forests, farms; in winter, semi-open terrain, brush,deserts.
POINT OF INTEREST
A short pew or mew. Also a hard, chattering note. |
