Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Perhaps no other North American songbird rivals the beauty of the male Painted Bunting. Their coloring seems as if only the brightest colors in the crayon box were used to represent this ornate gem. First year males and females, though not as flashy, are shaded in tones of lime-green hues.

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and northeastern Mexico are the primary locations these birds migrate in spring to breed, but the coastal slopes of South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida also host a breeding summer population. When summer passes and it’s time to move to warmer climates they head south into places like southern Mexico and Central America, or south Florida and Cuba.

Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris — **Painted Bunting**
*(Passerina ciris)*

**Description:**
When I stopped to stretch my legs I was delighted to meet my first bright male Painted Buntings. I met these birds at a roadside rest on US-83 in Texas, several miles south of the Uvalde County line.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:09 9:34

**Location:**

Smyth Crossing
La Pryor, Texas
United States
820.25 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** PaintedBunting_D504727Uvalde-LaPryor-Texas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Painted Bunting**
*(Passerina ciris)*

**Description:**
When I stopped to stretch my legs I was delighted to meet my first bright male Painted Buntings. I met these birds at a roadside rest on US-83 in Texas, several miles south of the Uvalde County line.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:09 9:34

**Location:**

Smyth Crossing
La Pryor, Texas
United States
820.25 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** PaintedBunting_D504727Uvalde-LaPryor-Texas

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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