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A male Painted Bunting perched on a bare branch, blue head, green back and red underparts against green leaves
Species

Painted Bunting

Colorín Sietecolores
Passerina ciris
Family
Cardinalidae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern
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01Field notes

Winters on the peninsula in good numbers, feeding on seeds along brushy edges, weedy fields and coastal scrub. Despite their colours, males are shy and keep low in cover.

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