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LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates
ShrublandCup nestTiny · 13 g
ShrublandCup nestTiny · 13 g
When to see the Varied Bunting
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Varied Bunting
Regular rangeRare visitor
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada.
About the Varied Bunting
The varied bunting is a species of songbird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae.
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Easily confused with
Orange-breasted BuntingPasserina leclancheriiThe orange-breasted bunting grows to a length of about 12.5 cm (5 in) and is slightly smaller than the rose-bellied bunting (Passerina rositae), which shares its range.
Rose-bellied BuntingPasserina rositaeThe rose-bellied bunting is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 19.5 to 20.5 g (0.69 to 0.72 oz).
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisThe male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America and as such has been nicknamed nonpareil, or "without equal".
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