a vagrant male at the photographed location (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
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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.
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male; red throat, breast, belly, and eye-ring (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
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blue head and neck; olive-green-yellow back (California, USA; 2012-01-16) |
brownish wings and tail (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
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red rump; conical seed-eating bill (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
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with a female House Finch on the right (California, USA; 2012-01-16)
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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) |