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The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory , ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter.
The type species was designated in 1840 as the indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The genus name is from the Latin passerinus meaning "sparrow-like".
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 ...
Lazuli bunting, Passerina amoena, (–Summer Range– in N Mex, E coast of Gulf of Cal and west range in SE Arizona biome) (* SW) Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, (summer range) Varied bunting, Passerina versicolor, SE Arizona biome, (summer range)
Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea; Painted bunting, Passerina ciris (R) Dickcissel, Spiza americana (R) See also. Birds portal; Oregon portal;
The painted bunting's juveniles have two inserted moults in their first autumn, each yielding plumage like an adult female. The first starts a few days after fledging replacing the juvenile plumage with an auxiliary formative plumage ; the second a month or so later giving the formative plumage .
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.
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