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Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Photo by annorion
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Field Notes

Description:

Small blue bird. Males are bright blue. The females are a brown. They are about the size of a finch but are in the same family as Cardinals, Cardinalidae. They also make a similar chirp to the cardinal.

Habitat:

Brush and open woodland.

Notes:

These guys were also at the bird party at the Mount Magazine visitor center ;)

Reference Links:

Indigo Bunting, Indigo Bunting, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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