Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina ciris (Painted Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
📅 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 Painted Bunting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Painted Bunting sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Painted Bunting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Painted Bunting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in our monthly data.