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Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Matthias Sirch (XC384607). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Blue BuntingCyanocompsa parellina
Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 45,847 |
|---|---|
| Maine | 25,037 |
| California | 9,706 |
| Arizona | 8,747 |
| Texas | 8,041 |
| Canada | 5,938 |
| Colorado | 5,511 |
| Rhode Island | 5,439 |
| New Mexico | 5,169 |
| Ontario | 4,770 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsBIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Cardinals and Allies · Cardinalidae |
| Genus | North American Buntings · Passerina |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Indigo Bunting with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.