#1264 · 🐦 birds
Eastern Bluebird
🇳🇱 Roodkeelsialia ·Sialia sialis
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what is it?
The eastern bluebird ( Sialia sialis ) is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards. It is the state bird of Missouri and New York.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 158,376 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Bluebird
- Nederlands
- Roodkeelsialia
- scientific name
- Sialia sialis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Turdidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 158,376
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12942, Wikidata Q600880, GBIF 2490941, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.