Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii)

Other Names (World)
Orange-breasted Bunting, Leclancher's Bunting, Rainbow Bunting

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
12.50 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1840

Habitat
Open scrubby woods, woodland borders, dry bushy hillsides, partial clearings, hedgerows. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii) [XC333673]
by id from near Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii) [XC227305]
by Frank Lambert from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (call, song)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. Reported as hybridizing with Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) in captivity but reports of hybridization in wild apparently incorrect.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

grandior Griscom, 1934 - Western and south-western Mexico from Colima, Michoac�n and interior Guerrero east to southern Puebla and southern on Pacific slope of Oaxaca to south-western Chiapas.
leclancherii Lafresnaye, 1840 - Coastal central Guerrero, in south-western Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii) - 10 files

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