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Painted Bunting (male)

Passerina ciris

Description:

Painted Buntings are medium-sized finches with stubby, thick, seed-eating bills. Males are stunningly colored with blue heads, red underparts, and green backs. Females and immatures are a uniform, bright yellow-green overall, with a pale eyering. Though they are basically unpatterned, their overall color is greener and brighter than similar songbirds.

Habitat:

Stopped this evening to feed on seeds falling in the garden. Sitting in the Hackberry tree briefly between foraging trips.

Notes:

They are listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, and on the Partners in Flight Watch List as a species of concern. The eastern population is suffering from habitat loss and degradation as humans destroy swampy thickets and woodland edges for urban development. Other important sites for conservation include molt staging habitats in Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Loss of riverside thickets in those areas may be hurting the western Painted Bunting population. In addition to facing habitat destruction, Painted Buntings are popular cage birds and are often trapped on their wintering grounds and sold illegally.

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4 Comments

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Having fun seeing them in the yard this year. Usually they only appear for one or two days. Trying to help you with your "animal" goal :)

MaryFord
MaryFord 10 years ago

So awesome!! Very glad this is in the Great Nature Project. :)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Thanks :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Beautiful great spot !

gatorfellows
Spotted by
gatorfellows

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 16, 2013
Submitted on Jun 17, 2013

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