ORANGE BIRDS SEEN IN NORTH AMERICA

Red-Flanked Bluetail

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tarsiger Cyanurus

Both sexes have a blue tail and rump, and orange-red flanks. They have a white throat and grayish-white underparts, and a small, thin black bill and slender black legs.

Males have dark blue upperparts.

Females and juvenile males are plain brown above apart from the blue rump and tail and have a dusky breast.

BILL: black, small and thin.

SIZE: measures about 5.5 inches in length, with a wingspan of 8.5 inches.

WEIGHT: weighs about 10 - 18 grams.

COLOR: orange-red, blue, white, grayish-white, dusk and black.

Insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates; also feed on berries and seeds.

Mixed coniferous forest with undergrowth.

SUMMER: Northern parts of eastern Europe and much of Asia.

WINTER: Southeastern Asia.

SONG: A short cheerful warble of about 2 or 3 seconds.

CALL: A harsh "kek-kek".

NEST: Nest is a cup built in a depression or cavity on the ground, typically placed next to a stump or other protected area. The depression is lined with grasses, moss, and other material.

EGGS: 5 - 7 eggs.

INCUBATION: 15 days, female.