Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.
Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)

Painted Bunting

(Passerina ciris)

Description:

Painted Bunting males are quite distinctive, but females and immature birds look very much alike. Given that I met this bird in April, it is unlikely the bird pictured here is immature. I believe it was too early for an immature bird to have reached this stage of development. I was lucky to be at the National Butterfly Center when these birds were visiting.

Date Taken: 2024:04:26 13:22

Location:

National Butterfly Center
Mission, Texas
United States
124.68 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640

File Name: PaintedBuntingF_Z9X3631_NationalButterflyCenter

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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