Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina amoena (Lazuli Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Yellowstone National Park
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
📅 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 Lazuli Bunting in Yellowstone National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Lazuli Bunting sighting in Yellowstone National Park, based on 274 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Lazuli Bunting in Yellowstone National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Lazuli Bunting in Yellowstone National Park in our monthly data.