passerina

The species is found only in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

A couple. On the ground, as usual.

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris pallidior) Photographed southeast of College Station, Brazos, County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Disturbed open Cedar elm/eastern red cedar woods at ca. 61 m (200 ft) elevation.

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris pallidior) Photographed southeast of College Station, Brazos, County, Texas, USA. Male painted buntings do not get their ostentatious adult plumage until their 2nd breeding season after hatching. However, they have the song and behavior down the first year. If...

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris pallidior) Photographed southeast of College Station, Brazos, County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Disturbed open Cedar elm/eastern red cedar woods at ca. 61 m (200 ft) elevation.

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in Miller Canyon, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Huachuca Mountains in the Upper Sonoran Life Zone, Madrean Pine/Oak habitat at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation.

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in Miller Canyon, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Huachuca Mountains in the Upper Sonoran Life Zone, Madrean Pine/Oak habitat at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation.

Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor dickeyae) Four subspecies are recognized with only subspecies dickeyae being mapped for Arizona, USA. Species strongly sexually dimorphic. Photographed along Mt. Hopkins Road leading to the Whipple Oblservatory in the Santa Rita Mountains, east of Amado...

A small dove.