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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 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
Labels:
Lazuli bunting,
Passerina amoena
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