Species profile
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Quick answer
Males are entirely blue in the right light; sings from wires all summer.
- Scientific name
- Passerina cyanea
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Passerina
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Brushy edges, roadsides
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Related species in Cardinalidae
- Amazonian Grosbeak, Rothschild's Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii)
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Black-cheeked Ant-tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris)
- Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Black-thighed Grosbeak (Pheucticus tibialis)
- Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina)
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)