Description: Short wings and a long tail, compared to body size. Dark blue-grey back and a barred, rufous chest and belly. The underside of the tail is light banded with grey and the tip of the tail is rounded. It has a dark cap on the head and light, rusty cheeks.

Range: Southern Canada to northern Mexico.

Habitat: Found in mixed woodlands and river groves.

General: A predator of small birds. It builds its stick nests in large trees.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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