Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) - HBW 16, p. 425
French: Passerin indigo
German: Indigofink
Spanish: Azulillo Índigo
Taxonomy: Tanagra cyanea Linnaeus, 1766, South Carolina.
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. May form a superspecies with P. amoena and often treated as conspecific; the two hybridize extensively. Hybrids reported rarely also with P. ciris and, in captivity, with P. leclancherii; has hybridized also with captive domestic Island Canary (Serinus canaria). Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds E North America, from S Canada (SE Saskatchewan and S Manitoba E to S New Brunswick) S in USA to W Kansas and C Texas across to Gulf Coast and E seaboard, also W into New Mexico and S Arizona. Migrates to Middle America from C Mexico (S Tamaulipas) S to E Panama and West Indies.
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A lateral view of an adult male perched on thistle singing. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 5 June 2011 35 weeks ago 52 sec 4.9 -
A male perched amongst low vegetation, both rear and front views Locality The Willows, Sea Rim State Park, Jefferson County, Texas, USA (United States)
steve dillinger 28 April 2008 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding below a feeder, displaced by another Locality Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 28 April 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 4.2 -
A male taking a bath Locality High Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2007 3 years ago 37 sec 4.2 -
Two lateral views of a male perched on wild tobacco singing, and one dorsal view perched on thistle. Rare for the Pacific Coast, Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 May 2011 36 weeks ago 47 sec 4.2 -
A male perched and stretching Locality Abita Springs, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 4.1
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Indigo Bunting on bird bath.
Locality Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA (United States)
BEEB 9 May 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Singing
Locality Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 17 June 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Bird perched in lofty woodland.
Locality Virginia, USA (United States)
ddarbela 5 May 2011 35 weeks ago 3.4 -
Male perched on a branch.
Locality Health Valley Trail, Waterloo, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 15 July 2011 29 weeks ago 3 -
Male perched on a branch from which he was singing.
Locality T. J. Dolan Natural Area, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 1 July 2011 31 weeks ago 3 -
Indigo Bunting at Sioux Falls feeder complex (NWF Backyard Wildlife Habitat #20922)
Locality South Dakota, USA (United States)
zerrmick 22 May 2009 2 years ago 3
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Singing male on territory Locality Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
Andrew_Davis 6 July 2005 2 years ago 4
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