Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: grayish and blue and buffy
Occurrence: forest edges, open woods
Diet: insects
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: blue-gray on back, head, throat, and belly;white eye ring, buffy breast
Season: summer
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)
Genus: Sialia
Species: mexicana
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