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Sialia mexicana  Swainson, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179806

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): azulejo-ocidental [Portuguese]
  
    azulino-ocidental [Portuguese]
  
    Merlebleu de l'Ouest [French]
  
    Azulejo occidental [Spanish]
  
    Azulejo garganta azul [Spanish]
  
    Western Bluebird [English]
  
    merle-bleu de l'ouest [French]
  
       
  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 mexicana Swainson, 1832 – azulejo-ocidental, azulino-ocidental, Merlebleu de l'Ouest, Azulejo occidental, Azulejo garganta azul, Western Bluebird, merle-bleu de l'ouest  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana amabilis R. T. Moore, 1939  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana bairdi Ridgway, 1894  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana jacoti A. R. Phillips, 1991  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana mexicana Swainson, 1832  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana nelsoni A. R. Phillips, 1991  
                                     Subspecies Sialia mexicana occidentalis J. K. Townsend, 1837  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Sialia mexicana    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Sialia mexicana    
       
  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: Western 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 mexicana, Western Bluebird [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sialia mexicana   
       
  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 mexicana   
       
  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 mexicana, Western Bluebird [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Swainson, William, and John Richardson  
  Publication Date: 1832   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under the command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, T   
  Page(s): 1-523   
  Publisher: J. Murray   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27217061   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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

 

    

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