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Indigo Bunting
jmorlan

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Identification of female Indigo/Lazuli Buntings can be tricky. Indigo is expected as a migrant through this part of Texas, but Lazuli occurs further west. The faint breast streaking, narrow buffy wing-bars, and lack of a buffy breast band, all point to this one being a female Indigo Bunting. Also the straight culmen (top of bill) helps distinguish Indigo Bunting from the similar Blue Bunting of Mexico and Central America which has the upper mandible more arched.
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Location
Valley Land Fund Lots, South Padre Is., Texas, USA.
Date taken
24 April 2023.
Scientific name
Passerina cyanea
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Category
North America
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jmorlan
Date added
View count
204
Comment count
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Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/80 second(s)
ISO
800
Filename
IndigoBuntingIMG_0383.jpg
File size
556.4 KB
Date taken
Mon, 24 April 2023 7:27 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 788px

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