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. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Its habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodland. The indigo bunting is closely related to the lazuli bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap.
The indigo bunting is a small bird, with a length of 11.5–13 cm (4.5–5.1 in). It displays sexual dimorphism in its coloration; the male is vibrant blue in the summer, with brightly colored plumage during the breeding season to attract a mate. It is brown during the winter months, while the female is brown year-round. Nest-building and incubation are done solely by the female. The diet of the indigo bunting consists primarily of insects during the summer months and seeds during the winter months.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Passerina cyanea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723951A132171198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723951A132171198.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
The indigobunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to...
and conical bunting bill quickly distinguish it. The female is brown, grayer above and warmer underneath, told from the female indigobunting by two thin...
The indigobunting, native to North America, is mostly bright cerulean blue with an indigo head. The related blue grosbeak is, ironically, more indigo than...
The painted bunting (Passerina ciris) is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is native to North America. The bright plumage of...
somewhat resemble the females of their species. These species, such as the indigobunting, will exhibit a complex molt cycle going through four different stages...
indigobunting (Passerina cyanea), and by comparing mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences of the specimen with those of the dickcissel, the indigo bunting...
Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The type species was designated in 1840 as the indigobunting (Passerina cyanea) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray. The...
plain light brown, resembling the female indigobunting but lacking streaking on the breast. Varied buntings inhabit deserts and xeric shrublands, preferring...
Examples include the plumage of several birds like the blue jay and indigobunting, the scales of butterflies like the morpho butterfly, collagen fibres...
grosbeak's relatively larger size, distinguish this species from the indigobunting. Length can range from 14 to 19 cm (5.5 to 7.5 in) and wingspan is from...
:215-216. Calls of the IndigoBunting, Passerina cyanea. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 27 :35-46. Singing Behavior of the IndigoBunting, Passerina cyanea...
indigo on the darker areas and cerulean on the lighter ones; the female is lighter brown than the nominate. The nominate subspecies of blue bunting is...
breeding and a drab eclipse plumage for some months afterward. The painted bunting's juveniles have two inserted moults in their first autumn, each yielding...
birds in North and Central America are the blue mockingbird, blue bunting, indigobunting, blue grosbeak and a number of jays, including the blue jay. Europe...
such as the golden-winged warbler, whip-poor-will, willow flycatcher, indigobunting, and New England cottontail. Leslie Glasgow, the assistant secretary...
warbler, yellow-breasted chat, brown thrasher, prairie warbler and indigobunting) and reptiles (such as the black racer, smooth green snake and wood...
while smaller birds such as yellow warblers, American redstart, and indigobunting are more common in early summer. Near the shoreline, gulls, herons,...
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