Blue Bunting

For the thoroughbred racehorse, see Blue Bunting (horse).
Blue Bunting
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Cyanocompsa
Species: C. parellina
Binomial name
Cyanocompsa parellina
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina) is a species of passerine bird found in northern Central America. Measuring 5.5 inches (14 cm) in length with a wingspan of 8.5 inches (22 cm), it is one of the smaller members of its genus.[2][3] Like most buntings, the Blue Bunting is sexually dimorphic. The male has a dark blue body, with brighter blue highlights on the supercilium, forecrown, malar region, rump and lesser wing coverts. The female is an unstreaked warm brown, slightly paler below.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Passerina cyanea. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
  2. ^ Sibley, David Allen (2000). The Sibley Guide to Birds. Alfred Al Knopf. p. 470. ISBN 0-679-45122-6. 
  3. ^ Howell, Steve N. G.; Webb, Sophie (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press. p. 685. ISBN 0-19-584-12-4.