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| name = Bluebirds
| image = Eastern Bluebird.jpg
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| taxon = Sialia
| authority = [[William John Swainson|Swainson]], 1827
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| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
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The '''bluebirds''' are a [[North America]]n<ref name="nwf">{{cite web | url=http://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1993/What-About-the-Other-Bluebirds | title=What About the Other Bluebirds? | website=[[National Wildlife Federation]] | date=1993-02-01}}</ref> group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous [[bird]]s in the order of [[Passerines]] in the genus '''''Sialia''''' of the [[thrush (bird)|thrush]] family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the [[Americas]].
Bluebirds have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar and there is no noticeable difference in size.
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