Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTurdidae (Túrdids)
- GenusSialia (Bluebirds)
- SpeciesSialia currucoides (Mountain Bluebird)
Closest Relatives at Grand Canyon National Park
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Bluebird in Grand Canyon National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Mountain Bluebird sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 142 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mountain Bluebird in Grand Canyon National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Bluebird in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.