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Illustration of male and female indigo bunting between 1910 and 1914. The indigo bunting is included in the family Cardinalidae, which is made up of passerine birds found in North and South America, and is one of seven birds in the genus Passerina. [2] It was originally described as Tanagra cyanea by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema ...
Lazuli bunting. Male Female Passerina amoena (Say, 1822) southern Canada to northern Texas, central New Mexico and Arizona, and southern California. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Varied bunting. Male Female Passerina versicolor (Bonaparte, 1838) Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States south throughout Mexico as far as Oaxaca: Size ...
The color pattern may suggest the eastern and western bluebirds, but the smaller size (13–15 cm or 5–5.9 inches long), wingbars, and short and conical bunting bill quickly distinguish it. The female is brown, grayer above and warmer underneath, told from the female indigo bunting by two thin and pale wingbars and other plumage details.
In most temperate species, males will undergo molting between seasons, so that non-breeding males will somewhat resemble the females of their species. These species, such as the indigo bunting, will exhibit a complex molt cycle going through four different stages of plumage coverage within their first year of life. From spring to summer, birds ...
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The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown. [7] A 2008 genetic study found that three emberizid species that were placed in their own monotypic genera clustered within the Emberiza. These were the crested bunting (Melophus lathami), the slaty bunting (Latouchiornis siemsseni), and the corn bunting (Miliaria calandra). [8]
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The painted bunting (Passerina ciris) is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is native to North America. It is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male only comes in the second year of life; in the first year they can only be distinguished from the female by close inspection.