Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor Range map: Breeding Data provided by eBird. Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor. Varied Bunting: Medium-sized bunting, mostly purple-blue with red wash on throat, breast, and back. Varied Bunting: Medium bunting, mostly purple-blue with red wash on throat, breast, back. The Varied Bunting is the most southerly seen bunting species north of the Rio Grande and Mexican border. Learn more. Nape and eye-rings are red. Whereas the Lazuli Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Lark Bunting and Indigo Bunting can be found from southern Canada into northern Mexico depending on the time of year. Varied Bunting: Occurs across Mexico south to Guatemala. Occurrence. Female has brown upperparts with buff underparts. It is often secretive, staying low in dense cover. Varied Buntings are on the Yellow Watch List because of their restricted range. Bill is gray and slightly curved down. These fairly common songbirds breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Native to Guatemala, Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this bird prefers subtropical or tropical shrubland ecosystems. Eats seeds and insects. Wings and tail are purple-blue. Although when seen under sunny skies, it appears as a very dark coloured bird. The Snow Bunting has the widest range and the McKay's Bunting is restricted to the western and southwestern areas of Alaska. The male of this bunting species is one of the most colorful birds seen in North America. The Varied Bunting has a large range, estimated globally at 1,400,000 square kilometers. Females and immatures are a distinctive bright green with a pale eyering. The range of the varied bunting stretches from the southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States south throughout Mexico as far as Oaxaca.Small disjunct populations occur in the state of Chiapas in Mexico and southeastern Guatemala. Nape and eye-rings are red. Varied Bunting Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Adult male Varied Buntings are a stunning mosaic of rich plum, crimson, cherry red, and lavender-violet. Sometimes called the "Nonpareil," meaning "unrivalled," a fair way to describe the unbelievable colors of the male Painted Bunting. With their vivid fusion of blue, green, yellow, and red, male Painted Buntings seem to have flown straight out of a child’s coloring book. They are often caught and sold illegally as cage Bill is gray and slightly curved down. Range: Breeding. Only the Blue Bunting lives in a more southern range and habitat. Range and Habitat. Wings and tail are purple-blue. Female has brown upperparts with buff underparts. Breeding range extends north into extreme southern Texas, southeast and southwest New Mexico, and southern Arizona. This map animates weekly estimated relative abundance, defined as the expected count on an eBird Traveling Count starting at the optimal time of day with the optimal search duration and distance that maximizes detection of that species in a region on the specified date. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within the breeding season. This stocky bird has a short tail and rounded bill. Varied Bunting: Occurs across Mexico south to Guatemala. This species is locally common in the Southeast, around brushy areas and woodland edges. In New Mexico they occur at Guadalupe Canyon in Hidalgo County, and also less regularly in Dona Ana County and in canyons of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. 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