Where Do Eastern Bluebirds Actually Live in the US?

Eastern Bluebirds live in 43 US states and are confirmed absent from 3 more, based on 7,816,389 verified iNaturalist and GBIF records. This page covers every state at once instead of one near-identical page per state.

By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.

The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and Connecticut, and 37 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.

Eastern Bluebirds have zero confirmed wild sightings in Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada, despite tens of thousands of nationwide observation records for the species. That is a real, checked absence, not a missing page.

A small number of states (1) have only a handful of unverified or vagrant records, too few to confirm eastern bluebirds as an established population there.

Confirmed states (43)

Not found (3)

Alaska
Hawaii
Nevada

Unconfirmed (1)

Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for eastern bluebirds in Idaho, too few to confirm an established population.

Frequently asked questions

What states do eastern bluebirds live in?+

Eastern Bluebirds have confirmed wild populations in 43 US states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Where are eastern bluebirds not found in the US?+

Eastern Bluebirds have no confirmed wild sightings in Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada.

Full eastern bluebirds guides by state