- Passerina cyanea
Identification
5 1/2" (14 cm). Turquoise blue, wings and tail darker. Female drab brown, paler beneath. Indigo Buntings have no blue pigment; they are actually black, but the diffraction of light through the structure of the feathers makes them appear blue.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Brushy slopes, abandoned farmland, old pastures and fields grown to scrub, woodland clearings, and forest edges adjacent to fields.
Behaviour
3 or 4 pale blue eggs are laid in a compact woven cup of leaves and grass placed in a sapling or bush in relatively thick vegetation and within a few feet of the ground.
