a vagrant male at the photographed location (California, USA; 2012-01-16)


Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris

Native Range: North America

Notes: adult male is a spectacular bird with a patchwork of briliant colors; females is very different, being mostly greenish-plumaged all over.

male; red throat, breast, belly, and eye-ring (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
blue head and neck; olive-green-yellow back (California, USA; 2012-01-16)

brownish wings and tail (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
red rump; conical seed-eating bill (California, USA; 2012-01-16)

with a female House Finch on the right (California, USA; 2012-01-16) 		this vagrant bird had been banded (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
really quite remarkable plumage (California, USA; 2012-01-16) posing for a portrait (California, USA; 2012-01-16)