Texas
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
(L 5.5" WS 8" Wt 0.51 oz)
Buntings a few hundred yards apart
sing different songs ...adding novel
variations over time.
sing different songs ...adding novel
variations over time.
Like a scrap of sky with wings.
(Cornell Ornith. Lab)
South Padre Island
21Apr2013
female
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
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Passerina is Latin for sparrow-like; cyanea
in Latin means dark blue, sea blue.
in Latin means dark blue, sea blue.
19Apr2021