Please note that we are gradually accumulating references for this species.  The listings below are woefully incomplete and are even missing major references.  We welcome additional full citations.  Please send them to Michael G. Shepard at data@birdinfo.com

References in bold contain a substantial amount of useful information.  The others are either standard regional resources, or citations for the observation database.

Brewer, D., A. Diamond, E.J. Woodsworth, B.T. Collins and E.H. Dunn. 2000.  Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding.  Volume 1: Doves, cuckoos and hummingbirds through passerines, 1921-1995.  Canadian Wildlife Service.  395pp.

British Columbia Nest Records Scheme

Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, M.C.E. McNall, and G.E.J Smith. 1997.  The birds of British Columbia - volume 3: passerines - flycatchers through vireos.  UBC Press, Vancouver. 693pp.

Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings and S.G. Cannings.  1987. Birds of the Okanagan Valley.  Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria. 420pp.

Cannings, Richard J.  2003.  Penticton CBC results.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on December 15, 2003.

Charlesworth, Chris.  2002.  Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - March 22nd update.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on March 22, 2002.

Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin and D. Wheye.  1988. The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc.

Eltzroth, Elsie Kollin.  2003.  Western Bluebird.  Pp. 474-477 in Birds of Oregon: A General Reference.  David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter, and Alan L. Contreras, Eds.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Howie, Rick.  2004.  Western Bluebirds.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on January 12, 2004.

Godfrey, W.E. 1986.  The birds of Canada, revised edition.  National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 595pp.

Gutzke, T.W. 1985.  A bibliography on the technical literature of the bluebird genus Sialia.  North American Bluebird Society Research Series, No. 1. Silver Spring, MD.  29pp.

National Geographic Society. 1999.  Field guide to the birds of North America (third edition).  National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 480pp.

Pyle, Peter. 1997.  Identification guide to North American birds, Part 1.  Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, CA.  732pp.