Sometimes called the "Nonpareil," meaning "unrivalled," a fair way to describe the unbelievable colors of the male Painted Bunting. 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. Bill is gray and slightly curved down. 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. 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. Female has brown upperparts with buff underparts. Female has brown upperparts with buff underparts. This species is locally common in the Southeast, around brushy areas and woodland edges. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Breeding range extends north into extreme southern Texas, southeast and southwest New Mexico, and southern Arizona. Learn more. Varied Buntings are on the Yellow Watch List because of their restricted range. Although when seen under sunny skies, it appears as a very dark coloured bird. 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. Bill is gray and slightly curved down. Varied Bunting: Occurs across Mexico south to Guatemala. They are often caught and sold illegally as cage 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. The Snow Bunting has the widest range and the McKay's Bunting is restricted to the western and southwestern areas of Alaska. Varied Bunting: Occurs across Mexico south to Guatemala. These fairly common songbirds breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. Range and Habitat. Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor. The male of this bunting species is one of the most colorful birds seen in North America. Wings and tail are purple-blue. Occurrence. The Varied Bunting has a large range, estimated globally at 1,400,000 square kilometers. Only the Blue Bunting lives in a more southern range and habitat. 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. 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. Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor Range map: Breeding Data provided by eBird. 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. The Varied Bunting is the most southerly seen bunting species north of the Rio Grande and Mexican border. Wings and tail are purple-blue. Females and immatures are a distinctive bright green with a pale eyering. Nape and eye-rings are red. It is often secretive, staying low in dense cover. Eats seeds and insects. Native to Guatemala, Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this bird prefers subtropical or tropical shrubland ecosystems. 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