Stats

Lifespan

5-10 yrs

Size

Tiny

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Pair

Biome

Temperate shrubland

Range

North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

Often called the most beautiful bird in North America, the male Painted Bunting flaunts a blue head, red underparts, and a green back all at once. Despite this gaudy coloring, males can be surprisingly hard to spot as they tend to forage low in dense, tangled thickets.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cardinalidae

Genus

Passerina

Species

Passerina ciris