Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii) - HBW 16, p. 427
French: Passerin arc-en-ciel
German: Orangeblaufink
Spanish: Azulillo Pechinaranja
Other common names: Leclancher’s Bunting, Rainbow Bunting
Taxonomy: Passerina leclancherii Lafresnaye, 1840, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. This species reported as hybridizing with P. cyanea in captivity; reports of hybridization in wild apparently incorrect. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grandior Griscom, 1934 - W & SW Mexico from Colima, Michoacán and interior Guerrero E to S Puebla and S on Pacific slope of Oaxaca to SW Chiapas.
- leclancherii Lafresnaye, 1840 - coastal C Guerrero, in SW Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a wire, calling and singing. Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 41 sec 5 -
A male in a bush calling. Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
Female Locality Colima State, Mexico (Northern)
Kim Tarsey 14 February 2005 2 years ago 43 sec 4 -
A male in a tree, calling, changing its position and flying away. Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A male on a branch, looking around. Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 29 sec 3
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A male on a branch.
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Adult male foraging on ground
Locality El Tuito, Jalisco State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 11 February 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
A male on a wire.
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
adult male
Locality Arriaga, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
Michael Retter 1 January 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of an adult male.
Locality Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
Ken Havard 29 October 2004 3 years ago 3
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Calls of a male.
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male singing and calling.
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp grandior)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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