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 LC    Indigo Bunting* Id (Atlas):
    Passerina cyanea

Description (10)
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Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Temperate forest.

Range (Guide)
Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guadeloupe (NB), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Montenegro, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Serbia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Sweden (B), United Kingdom.

Breeds eastern North America, from southern Canada (south-eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba east to southern New Brunswick) southern in USA to western Kansas and central Texas across to Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, also western into New Mexico and southern Arizona. Migrates to Middle America from central Mexico (southern Tamaulipas) south to eastern Panama and West Indies.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 28,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (91)...)

 
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) [XC655859]
     by Keith Corliss from Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States (song)

 
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) [XC227300]
     by Martin St-Michel from Ozark Mountains, AR, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. May form a superspecies with Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) and often treated as conspecific. The two hybridize extensively. Hybrids reported rarely also with Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) and, in captivity, with Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii). Has also hybridized with captive domestic Island Canary (Serinus canaria).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) - 10 files


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