Indigo Bunting
Who wouldn't want an indigo bunting in their yard? This vibrant blue bird will make you do a double take. Learn how to attract an indigo bunting to your yard, and listen to its song.
Photo: Roland Jordahl ...
The Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) breeds across much of the eastern half of the United States as well as some areas of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The first two shots shown here show female birds.
Song: Indigo Bunting song
Migration: Summers through the entire eastern United States and portions of the Southwest. Winters in southern Florida, extreme southern Texas, Mexico, and southward.
Indigo Bunting
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
or indigo bird: see bunting.
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Indigo Bunting Behaviour
No observations regarding Indigo Bunting behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Indigo Buntings ...
Indigo Bunting
(Passerina cyanea)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon vagrant.
Indigo Bunting
The electric blue color of the male bunting appears black under cloudy skies.
A Stellar Migrant ...
Indigo Bunting
Adult male
Similar to adult male Eastern Bluebird
Bright blue overall
Thick, grayish bill
© Gerry Dewaghe, June 2006 ...
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Northen Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) ...
Picture Indigo Bunting
Indigo Buntings frequent forest clearings and second-growth habitat
in the East and Midwest.
Indigo Bunting
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Northern Cardinal
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Watching the Indigo Bunting
Are you a bird watcher? If you've never been very impressed by birds, then perhaps you haven't been watching the right ones. Consider the Indigo Bunting as an example.
Painted Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli Finch
Genus V.--Ammodramus, Swains. Shore-Finch.
red-eyed vireo, chipping sparrow, eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), rufous-sided towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), ovenbird (Seiurus aurocappilus), common yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas), American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), indigo bunting ...
Forms interspecific territories with Indigo Buntings; male song repertoires often contain elements typical of both species. Occ mixed pairs result in hybrids. Female aggressively defends territory against other females.
The species most similar to the Painted Bunting is the Indigo Bunting. Although the males are strikingly different (the male Indigo Bunting being all blue), the females may be less easy to distinguish.
The Blue Bunting is very similar to the Indigo Bunting but is a deeper blue and has a larger bill. Females very similar. Blue Grosbeak similar but has brown wing bars.
Page 20: Snowy Plover (August 2008), Red-necked Phalarope, Surfbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager (September 2008), Whimbrel, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shrike (December 2008).
The Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) is a small bird (6-3/4 inches) that is overall blue with brown wingbars. It is similar to the Indigo Bunting. The female is brown with buff colored wing bars.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y
I Ibis, Glossy
Ibis, White
Indigo Bunting
Ivory-billed Woodpecker ...
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
Lazuli Bunting - Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
Dickcissel - Spiza americana ...
Remarks This species summers in the southern half of the United States, breeding north to New Jersey in the east. However, it continues to expand its range northward. In appearance, both sexes are like overgrown Indigo Buntings but with broad tan ...
those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Some emberizids are still named "finches". Similarly, there are a few species named "buntings" which are now classed in the cardinal family, like the Painted Bunting and Indigo Bunting.
Resting stopover sites for migratory birds, including: Canada goose, peregrine falcon, whooping crane, indigo bunting.
Shelter and hiding places from predators like marsh hawks and raccoons for prey animals like rabbits and frogs ...
 See also: Sparrow, Grosbeak, Finch, Blue grosbeak, Painted bunting
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