mountain bluebird
noun
: a bluebird (Sialia currucoides) of western North America having a blue-breasted rather than red-breasted male
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Lark buntings, mountain bluebirds and western meadowlarks are just a few of the passerines that thrive along the Red Deer River, while raptors like the sharp-shinned hawk and prairie falcon can sometimes be seen soaring high overhead.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Idaho: Mountain bluebird The mountain bluebird is Idaho's state bird.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
But even in the final days of 2020, the friends — Goldberg a 24-year-old Chicago native and Huggins, a 47-year-old originally from England — were still birding together, adding a mountain bluebird to their counts.
—Morgan Greene Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
Idaho's state bird status goes to the much less-threatening mountain bluebird.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2017
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Idaho: Mountain bluebird The mountain bluebird is Idaho's state bird.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
But even in the final days of 2020, the friends — Goldberg a 24-year-old Chicago native and Huggins, a 47-year-old originally from England — were still birding together, adding a mountain bluebird to their counts.
—Morgan Greene Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
Idaho's state bird status goes to the much less-threatening mountain bluebird.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2017
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“Mountain bluebird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountain%20bluebird. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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