BLUE BUNTING
(Cyanocompsa parrelina)

 
Blue Bunting is a rare visitor to south Texas from Mexico. Differentiated from widespread Indigo Bunting by deeper blue color, dark facial markings, stockier body, and larger bill.
  Blue Bunting     Indigo Bunting  
         
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  Indigo Bunting for comparison
Blue Bunting
Laguna Atascosa NWR, Cameron County, TX
March 21, 2009 ©John Schwarz
 
OTHER MEMBERS OF
(FAMILY CARDINALIDAE)

     BUNTINGS
          Indigo Bunting
          Lazuli Bunting
          Painted Bunting
          Varied Bunting

     CARDINALS
          Northern Cardinal
          Pyrrhuloxia  
          Red-crested Cardinal          

     GROSBEAKS
          Black-headed Grosbeak
          Blue Grosbeak
          Rose-breasted Grosbeak
          Yellow Grosbeak         

 
Blue Bunting - female    
Blue Bunting - female
Frontera Audubon Center, Weslaco, TX
March 18, 2009 ©John Schwarz