Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)

Other Names (World)
Varied Bunting, Versicolor Bunting, Versicolour Bunting

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor) [XC438125]
by id from Actopan, Veracruz, Mexico (song)

Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor) [XC289325]
by Juan Carlos P\u00e9rez Maga\u00f1a from Carretera 16--Km 196, Onavas, Sonora, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. Has hybridized with Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). Subspecies pulchra and purpurascens considered by some authorities to be too weakly differentiated to be tenable.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

dickeyae van Rossem, 1934 - Breeds southern USA (central and southern Arizona, southern New Mexico) and western Mexico (Sonora and west-central Chihuahua south to Colima).
versicolor (Bonaparte, 1838) - Breeds southern USA (southern New Mexico; southern Texas from Big Bend to Rio Grande Valley) and south through central Mexico to Oaxaca.
pulchra Ridgway, 1887 - Southern Baja California (Mexico).
purpurascens Griscom, 1930 - Southern Mexico (Chiapas) and southern Guatemala (Motagua Valley).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor) - 10 files

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