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INDIGO BUNTING

Passerina cyaneaindigo bunting (male)

Indigo Bunting
(adult male)

indigo bunting (female)

Indigo Bunting
(adult female)

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The Indigo Bunting (Emberizidae: Cardinalinae: Passerina cyanea) is a Neotropical migrant wood warbler. Males are brilliant blue, with the head somewhat darker. Females may have a hint of blue on the shoulder or elsewhere in their plumage. Bath sexes a two-tone bill, with the top being dark and the bottom light.

Indigo Buntings are common at Hilton Pond Center in spring migration and uncommon in fall migration. They occasionally occur during the summer, which implies local breeding.

INDIGO BUNTINGS
BANDED AT HILTON POND CENTER
(1982 through 31 Dec 2007)

SPRING thru
30 June

1 July thru
FALL

TOTAL

258

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337

indigo bunting (male)Indigo Bunting
(adult male)

indigo bunting (female)Indigo Bunting
(adult female)

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