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- Passerina caerulea
Formerly - Guiraca caerulea
Features
This large Cardinaline Bunting is often mistaken for an Indigo Bunting. The maleis a large deep blue bird, with rusty 'shoulders' which show as wing bars in flight and a large beak as indicated by its name. Females are buffy brown with rusty coloured median coverts. 1st winter birds are more rufous than females.
Voice
Status & Range
Reasonably common throughout the US apart from more northerly interior states. Also present south through Mexico.
