Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blue Bunting
Common Names in French:
ÉvÍque Paré
Common Names in German:
Lasurbischof
Common Names in Spanish:
Colorn Azulnegro
Common Names in unspecified:
Blue Bunting
Description
Family Fringillidae
A Family of seed-eating, small to moderately large passerine birds that have strong , stubby beaks, which in some species can be quite large. They have a bouncing flight, alternating flapping with gliding on closed wings. Most sing well.
Physical Description
Adult Female: Bill: Curvature: strongly curved Shape : thick Neck: Throat : cinnamon brown, paler than other underpartgs Body: Belly: cinnamon brown, paler than other underpartgs Underparts: pale cinnamon brown Upperparts: warm brown, slightly darker than underparts.Adult Male: Head : Crown: deep blue with paler blue forecrown Face : Eyebrow Line : paler blue Malar : paler blue Bill: Curvature: strongly curved Shape: thick.
Size/Age/Growth
About 5.5 inches long, with a wingspan of 8.5 to 8.5 inches. Adults weigh about 0.5 ounces .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,004 meters (0 to 6,575 feet).Mean = 359.420 meters (1,179.199 feet), Standard Deviation = 576.710 based on 158 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Biology
Migration
Nonmigratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
- Family:
Fringillidae
()
- Buntings, Finches
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
()
- Tribe:
Cardinalini
()
- Genus:
Cyanocompsa
()
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Specific name:
parellina
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Scientific name: - Cyanocompsa parellina (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Specific name:
parellina
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Genus:
Cyanocompsa
(
- Tribe:
Cardinalini
(
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Family:
Fringillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cyanocompsa parellina (Bonaparte, 1850)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting
Members of the genus Cyanocompsa
There are approximately 16 species in this genus:
C. brissonii · C. brissonii argentina · C. brissonii caucae · C. brissonii sterea · C. cyanea · C. cyanoides · C. cyanoides caerulescens · C. cyanoides concreta · C. cyanoides cyanoides · C. cyanoides rothschildii · C. cyanoides toddi · C. glaucocaerulea · C. parellin (Blue Bunting) · C. parellina (Blue Bunting) · C. parellina indigotica · C. parellina parellina
Bibliography
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 12, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850908
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179546
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13797880
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179546
- IUCN ID: 54088
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137349
