Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina ciris (Painted Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
📅 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 Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Painted Bunting sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Painted Bunting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
February has the highest sighting rate for Painted Bunting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.