WEBAudubon. In parts of the East, Indigo Bunting may be the most abundant songbird, with the deep-blue males singing along every roadside. The plain brown females are seen far less often, and they have good...
WEBSometimes nicknamed "blue canaries," these brilliantly colored yet common and widespread birds whistle their bouncy songs through the late spring and summer all over eastern North America.
WEBThe indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) 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.
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Indigo Bunting Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
WEBThe all-blue male Indigo Bunting sings with cheerful gusto and looks like a scrap of sky with wings. Sometimes nicknamed "blue canaries," these brilliantly colored yet common and widespread birds whistle their bouncy songs through the late spring and summer all over eastern North America.
WEBIndigo Buntings fly about 1,200 miles each way between breeding grounds in eastern North America and wintering areas from southern Florida to northern South America. The birds tend to migrate more or less due south, so buntings that breed in the eastern part of their breeding range also winter in the eastern part of the winter range, while ...
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How Corridors Reduce Indigo Bunting Nest Success - JSTOR
WEBMay 16, 2005 · Soon after Indigo Buntings arrived, between 5 May and 15 June 2002 and 2003, I determined the abundance of terri-torial males through 20-minute point counts at the center of each patch as detailed in Weldon and Haddad (2005). Because nest detectability was high (>85% based on the total number of singing males), female abundance was
WEBeBird. Explore Indigo Bunting. Breeding males are entirely blue with a slightly darker head. Females are plain brown with a whitish throat, bluish tail, and faint streaks on the underparts. Breeds in shrubby areas at the edge of forests and fields. Males often sing from a high exposed perch.
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Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea - Birds of the World
WEBMar 4, 2020 · Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Scientific name definitions. LC Least Concern; Names (39) Monotypic; Robert B. Payne. Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020 Text last updated October 1, 2006. Sign in to see your badges. Species names in all available languages. Species names in all available languages;
WEBIndigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a familiar summer bird in the eastern United States and southern Canada, with males sporting an almost unnatural hue of bright blue that is richer on the face than on the breast and back. In the fall and winter males lose their blue plumage and resemble the brown females.
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The effects of patch shape on Indigo Buntings: evidence for an
WEBIndigo Buntings preferentially selected edgy patches, which contained 50% more edge than more compact rectangular patches. Further, buntings fledged significantly fewer young per pair in edgy patches than in rectangular patches. These results provide the first experimental evidence that edges can function as ecological traps.