Alternative name: Rosita's Bunting; Rosita Bunting
- Passerina rositae
Identification
13.5 - 14.5cm.
Male
- Bright electric-blue head and upperparts
- Dark lores and white eyering
- Blue becoming salmon-pink on blly and vent, flanks blue
Female
- Greyish-brown head and upperparts, sometims with hint of bluish
- Dull brown wings with less contrasting buff-brown edging than similar species
- Pale broken eyering
- Buff-brown or pinkish-buff underparts
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Distribution
Central America: endemic to a small area of the pacific slope of south-western Mexico (Oaxaca and extreme south-western Chiapas).
A locally fairly common to common restricted-range species. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Semideciduous forest and thorn scrub.
Behaviour
No information on diet.
Usually seen singly or in pairs. Seen at lower to middle levels.
Two nests described in June and July. The nest is an open cup made from dead leaves, shredded bark and fine weed stems. Both were placed in a sapling, one 1.5m, the other 4m above the ground. Lays 3 to 4 eggs.
A largely sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rose-bellied Bunting. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rose-bellied_Bunting
