Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina cyanea (Indigo Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Rose-throated Tanager
Piranga roseogularis
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Gray-throated Chat
Granatellus sallaei
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
📅 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 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Indigo Bunting sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 129 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Indigo Bunting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Indigo Bunting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.