Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina cyanea (Indigo Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Grand Canyon National Park
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
📅 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 Grand Canyon National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Indigo Bunting sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Indigo Bunting in Grand Canyon National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Indigo Bunting in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.