Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea sitting on a branch.

Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting Sound

The Indigo Bunting’s latin name is Passerina cyanea. The Indigo Bunting bird can be found throughout North America and South America. It’s preferred habitat is farmland, brushy forest edges, and open woodland. The Indigo Bunting breeds during the summer. Their migration ranges from southern Canada to northern Florida during the summer, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. The Indigo Bunting’s population status is of least concern.

They can be found at Coal Creek Farm from mid-April, to mid-October. If you look at Indigo Bunting images (or a picture of Indigo Bunting birds) you’ll see that a female Indigo Bunting is basically brown, with faint streaking on the breast. A male Indigo Bunting is blue all over with slightly richer blue on his head. Indigo Bunting food consists of seeds, berries, buds, insects, dandelions, oats, and spiders. The Indigo Bunting is part of the cardinal family. An Indigo Bunting song (or Indigo Bunting call) is a short, sharp, thin, one-syllable “spit” or “chip” sound.

Want to know how to attract Indigo Buntings? Because these birds tend to be shy at feeders, choose a caged tube feeder to protect these beauties from larger birds. Put the feeder in a quiet corner of your yard that’s naturalized with leafy shrubs and native plants.

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