Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina amoena (Lazuli Bunting)
About the Lazuli Bunting
The lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli. Measurements: Length: 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) Weight: 0.5–0.6 oz (13–18 g) Wingspan: 8.7 in (22 cm) The male is easily recognized by its bright blue head and back (lighter than the closely related indigo bunting), its conspicuous white wingbars, and its light rusty breast and white belly. The color pattern may suggest the eastern and western bluebirds, but the smaller size (13–15 cm or 5–5.9 inches long), wingbars, and short and conical bunting bill quickly distinguish it. The female is brown, grayer above and warmer underneath, told from the female indigo bunting by two thin and pale wingbars and other plumage details.
The song is a high, rapid, strident warble, similar to that of the indigo bunting but longer and with less repetition. Lazuli buntings breed mostly west of the 100th meridian from southern Canada to northern Texas, central New Mexico and Arizona, and southern California. On the Pacific coast their breeding range extends south to extreme northwestern Baja California. They migrate to southeastern Arizona and... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cabo Pulmo National Park
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
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 Lazuli Bunting in Cabo Pulmo National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lazuli Bunting sighting in Cabo Pulmo National Park, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Lazuli Bunting in Cabo Pulmo National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Lazuli Bunting in Cabo Pulmo National Park in our monthly data.