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Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
(L 5.5" WS 8.75" WT 0.42 oz)
Merritt Island NWR
01Feb2014
In the Cardinal family ...once
a popular caged bird but is
now illegal to do so.
a popular caged bird but is
now illegal to do so.
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Passerina in Latin means sparrow-like;
ciris is Latin for a mythical bird
mentioned by Dionysius and Hesychius.
ciris is Latin for a mythical bird
mentioned by Dionysius and Hesychius.
© Audubon
Society
Society
© Wikipedia
Painted Buntings seem to have
flown straight out of a child’s
coloring book.
flown straight out of a child’s
coloring book.
(Cornell Ornithology Lab)