Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea [Linnaeus, 1766] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 18920 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 20 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 15 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: passerinus=sparrow-like and L.: cyaneus=dark-blue (from Gr.:kuanos) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e North America, WINTERS: Central & nw South America |
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Habitat:
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Deciduous forest & woodland, farmland |
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Diet:
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Summer, insects and spiders, winter, samll seeds, buds, some insects |
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TitBit:
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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. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Pembrokeshire, 1996 (cork, 1985)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
1
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Wales:
Pembrokeshire
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| 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 |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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