Species: Passerina amoena
Lazuli Bunting
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Passerina
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Colorín Lázuli - passerin azuré
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Cardinalidae - Passerina - However, a recent phylogenetic study of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene indicates that these two hybridizing species are not sister taxa at all; instead, P. AMEONA is most closely related to the much larger Blue Grosbeak (GUIRACA CAERULEA) and P. CYANEA is basal to the PASSERINA-GUIRACA group (Klicka et al. 2001). LINARIA is an invalid generic name for North America buntings (Banks and Browning 1995).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (bunting).
Migration
false - false - true - Many but not all individuals migrate in fall to molting areas in southern Baja California or the region bounded by southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexcio, and northern Sonora before continuing on to the winter range in western Mexico (Young 1991).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds on insects (grasshopper, caterpillars, beetles, ants, etc) and seeds (wild oats, canary grass, needlegrass, etc.).
Reproduction Comments
Breeding begins late March in south to early June in north. Clutch size 3-5. Incubation 12 days, by female. Altricial, downy nestlings are either tended by both parents or by female. Young leave nest in 10-15 days.
Length
14
Weight
16
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: southern British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, central North Dakota, and South Dakota, south to southeastern California, northwestern Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, central Arizona, northern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, east to eastern Nebraska, western Kansas, and western Oklahoma. NON-BREEDING: southern Baja California, southern Arizona (scarce), and Chihuahua south to Guerrero and central Veracruz (AOU 1983).