Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina cyanea (Indigo Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Indigo Bunting in Badlands National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Indigo Bunting sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Indigo Bunting in Badlands National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Indigo Bunting in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.