Thursday 30 April 2015

The Lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena)

The male Lazuli bunting is a striking bird with blue head and back with a red breast and light grey underside. Their wings are black with white bars. Immature males in their first year of age have a similar coloring to mature males but with a brownish wash.  The female has a brown, dun colored back turning to a warmer greyer coloring underneath. They look very similar to female Indigo buntings but have two pale wing bars on both wings.

Lazuli Bunting - www.naturespicsonline.com explicitly releases to public domain
 Lazuli buntings inhabit areas of shrubs and thickets in forested regions, farm hedgerows and residential gardens. They eat mostly seeds, berries, worms and insects foraging on the ground or in the branches of bushes, shrubs and trees. Males often catch flies from open perches while the female prefers doing this from lower, sheltered stations.  Read more

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