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Blue Bunting

Cyanocompsa parellinaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Cardinals and Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)

Codes: Common Name: BLBU Scientific Name: CYAPAR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179546

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Brown to brown-black.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Blue
Forehead Color: Blue
Nape Color: Blue
Throat Color: Blue-black
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 14 cm (5.5 in)
Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Blue
Underparts: Blue
Upperparts: Blue-black
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Typically, short flight with rapid wing beats alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Wingspan Range: 22 cm (8.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue
Under Tail: Blue-black
Leg Color: Black

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Blue Bunting

Blue Bunting: Small, stocky bunting with stout, black bill. Male is deep blue overall with black face and upper breast. Forages on ground, in thickets and in brushy understory for seeds, insects and larvae. Short flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled briefly to sides.

● Song: "seeyou,seeyou,seeyee-suee-se-se-see"

● Foraging & Feeding: Blue Bunting: Eats seeds and insects; forages in brushy forest understory, dense scrubby thickets, and on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Blue Bunting: Two white to light blue eggs are laid in a nest made of grass and rootlets, lined with finer materials, and built in a bush or low in a small tree. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Blue Bunting: Male Blue Grosbeak is bright purple-blue with two brown wingbars. Female is brown with occasional blue feathers on upperparts and two brown wingbars.

Flight Pattern

Typically, short flight with rapid wing beats alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

● Range & Habitat: Blue Bunting: Breeds in Mexico and along the Texas-Mexico border.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationRare

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.5 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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