Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Cardinalidae
About
The indigo bunting is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Its habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodland. The indigo bunting is closely related to the lazuli bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap.
Fun Fact
Male Indigo Buntings learn their songs from neighboring males rather than their fathers, resulting in 'song neighborhoods' where nearby males share the same dialect.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Habitat of the indigo bunting is brushy forest edges, open deciduous woods, second growth woodland, and farmland.
Diet
Eats seeds of grasses and herbs, berries, spiders and insects, including caterpillars, grasshoppers, true bugs, and beetles.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance