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Male. Photo by richard bledsoe
Location: mission dam, san diego, CA.

Passerina amoena

[edit] Identification

L. 13-14 cm.
Male: blue head and back, with white wingbars and belly, and a rusty breast.
Female: brown and grey.

Female. Photographed by ldsmith
Location: Bisbee, AZ

[edit] Distribution

Western North America north to British Columbia, south to Mexico, and east to western North Dakota, state of Colorado, and western Texas.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Brush.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Includes seeds and insects.

[edit] Breeding

It makes a loose cup nest of grasses and rootlets placed in a bush. 3-4 pale blue eggs are laid.

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