indigo bunting
Passerina cyanea latin

"Late nesting of indigo bunting and field sparrow in southeastern Ohio."

The Indigo Bunting often migrates during the night, using the stars to direct itself.

In the eastern and southern part of its range, it often hybridizes with the Indigo Bunting.

Earlier in the week, we thought we saw an indigo bunting, but it might have been a domesticated parrot.

The Indigo Bunting does not drink frequently, generally obtaining sufficient water from its diet.

Indigo buntings back livening things up with their tuneful repeating couplets.

The Indigo Bunting is a small bird, with a length of 11.5-13 cm (4.5-5 in).

Among those are the Painted and Indigo Buntings.

The Indigo Bunting is a smallish songbird, around the size of a small sparrow.

The Indigo Bunting forages for food on the ground or in trees or shrubs.

The effects of patch shape on Indigo Buntings: Evidence for an ecological trap.

And an indigo bunting.

The Indigo Bunting communicates through vocalizations and visual cues.

The song is a high, rapid, strident warble, similar to that of the Indigo Bunting but longer and with less repetition.

Females are plain light brown, resembling the female Indigo Bunting but lacking streaking on the breast.

Not even cornflowers can match the blue of an indigo bunting; no rose is as vividly red as a scarlet tanager.

Birds crowded the feeders - goldfinches, a scarlet cardinal and an indigo bunting with royal blue feathers.

These features, as well as the grosbeak's relatively larger size, distinguish this species from the Indigo Bunting.

Many birds that live in brushlands are also reported to be thriving, including the Northern oriole, house wren and indigo bunting.

The thing about birds with extremely complex songs - mockingbirds, nightingales, indigo buntings - their songs are much more extensive than they need to be.

The Indigo Bunting is closely related to the Lazuli Bunting.

Birds fluttered among the tree branches; the flash of blue was an indigo bunting that had been picking for seeds between the pavers.

The habitat of the Indigo Bunting is brushy forest edges, open deciduous woods, second growth woodland, and farmland.

In winter, it often feeds in flocks with other Indigo Buntings, but is a solitary feeder during the breeding season.

The Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird.

The Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird.