Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

 (L 5.5" WS 8.75" Wt 0.54 oz)

Often caught and sold illegally
as caged birds, esp. in Mexico
and the Carribbean.

South Padre Island

21Apr2013

female

Painted Buntings seem to have flown
straight out of a child’s coloring book.

   (Cornell Ornith. Lab)

Sheepshead Sanctuary

South Padre Island

16Apr2014

flash photo

female