L.: passerinus=sparrow-like
and L.: cyaneus=dark-blue (from Gr.:kuanos)
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e North America, WINTERS: Central & nw South America
Habitat:
Deciduous forest & woodland, farmland
Diet:
Summer, insects and spiders, winter, samll seeds, buds, some insects
TitBit:
Experienced adult Indigo Buntings can return to their previous breeding sites when held captive during the winter and released far from their normal wintering area.
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Pembrokeshire, 1996
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
1
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
No Records
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
Essex
,
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
Pembrokeshire
(1996),
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Indigofinke
Dutch:
Indigogors
Finnish:
Indigokardinaali
French:
Passerina indigo
German:
Indigofink
Hungarian:
Indigopinty
Icelandic:
Blátittlingur
Irish:
Gealóg Phlúiríneach
Italian:
Ministro
Norwegian:
Indigofink
Polish:
Luszcz indygo
Portuguese:
Pássaro-anil
Spanish:
Pape aulejo
Swedish:
Indigofink
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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