Lazuli Bunting

Passerina amoenaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Cardinals and Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)
Lazuli Bunting Portrait
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Range Map for Lazuli Bunting

Overview

Lazuli Bunting: Small finch, bright blue upperparts, cinnamon-brown breast and sides, white belly. Dark wings with white wing bar. Forages on ground, low in trees and bushes. Eats seeds, insects, caterpillars. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

Range and Habitat

Lazuli Bunting: Breeds from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota south through western U.S. to southern California, northern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and eastern Nebraska. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include dry, brushy ravines and slopes, as well as cleared areas and weedy pastures.

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Voice Text

"see-see-sweet", "sweet-zee-see-zeer"

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Related Birds:

Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Varied Bunting
Blue Bunting
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Family Cardinals and Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)_blue
Species Passerina amoena
Length5.25 - 5.75 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Lazuli Bunting

Lazuli Bunting: Small finch, bright blue upperparts, cinnamon-brown breast and sides, white belly. Dark wings with white wing bar. Forages on ground, low in trees and bushes. Eats seeds, insects, caterpillars. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

● Song: "see-see-sweet", "sweet-zee-see-zeer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Lazuli Bunting: Eats mainly seeds, but also some insects. Prefers weed and tree seeds.

● Breeding & nesting: Lazuli Bunting: Three to five pale blue eggs are laid in a loose cup of grass and rootlets built in a bush. Eggs are incubated for 12 days by the female.

● Similar species: Lazuli Bunting: Female Indigo Bunting lacks the conspicuous wing-bars.

Flight Pattern

Short flights.
Lazuli-Bunting Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Lazuli Bunting: Breeds from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota south through western U.S. to southern California, northern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and eastern Nebraska. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include dry, brushy ravines and slopes, as well as cleared areas and weedy pastures.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces