Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) - HBW 16, p. 426
French: Passerin nonpareil
German: Papstfink
Spanish: Azulillo Sietecolores
Other common names: Nonpareil
Taxonomy: Emberiza ciris Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, USA.
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. In the wild, present species rarely hybridizes with other members of genus; crosses with P. cyanea and P. versicolor described. In captivity has hybridized with P. cyanea and with domestic Island Canary (Serinus canaria). Races poorly differentiated and widely separated geographically, and they differ significantly in migration and moult strategies, suggesting that there is very little gene flow between them, and that they perhaps warrant treatment as two separate species; further study required. Two subspecies currently.. View all taxonomy...
Genus sometimes placed in family Emberizidae. In the wild, present species rarely hybridizes with other members of genus; crosses with P. cyanea and P. versicolor described. In captivity has hybridized with P. cyanea and with domestic Island Canary (Serinus canaria). Races poorly differentiated and widely separated geographically, and they differ significantly in migration and moult strategies, suggesting that there is very little gene flow between them, and that they perhaps warrant treatment as two separate species; further study required. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ciris (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds on US Atlantic seaboard from North Carolina S to C Florida; migrates to S Florida, Bahamas and Cuba.
- pallidior Mearns, 1911 - breeds in S USA (SE Kansas E to W Tennessee and Mississippi, S to C & S New Mexico and Texas) and adjacent Mexico (Chihuahua E to NW Tamaulipas); migrates to Mexico (S from C Sinaloa, S San Luis Potosí and S Tamaulipas, but absent from central highlands) and S to W Panama.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A close front and dorsal view of a male Locality High Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp pallidior)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A male taking a bath in a pond Locality High Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp pallidior)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A female perched and looking around Locality High Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp pallidior)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A male bathing Locality High Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp pallidior)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
Female at waterbath Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba (ssp ciris)
Desmond Allen 7 March 2013 6 weeks ago 13 sec 4 -
Different angles of a male feeding in low vegetation Locality The Willows, Sea Rim State Park, Jefferson County, Texas, USA (United States)
steve dillinger 20 April 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 3.8
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Second-year male.
Locality Stockdale Cove, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 28 May 2012 50 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult male
Locality Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 8 February 2009 29 weeks ago 4 -
Male perched near a seed feeder
Locality Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Willoughby 10 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Beautiful Life Bird!!
Locality South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA (United States)
aanand2 4 April 2013 5 weeks ago 3.6 -
Male in back yard at a bird feeder
Locality Lake County, Florida, USA (United States)
chasmar 25 March 2013 7 weeks ago 3.4 -
A frontal view of a female.
Locality Pantanos del Usumacincta, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pallidior)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 3 years ago 3.4
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Song of a male Locality Georgia, USA (United States)
(ssp ciris)
Stuart Fisher 30 May 2010 2 years ago 4
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