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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Indigo Bunting | status = LC | image = Passerina cyaneaAAP086CA.jpg | image_caption = Male (above), female (below) | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Cardinalidae | genus = ''Passerina'' | species = '''''P. cyanea''''' | binomial = ''Passerina cyanea'' | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766) }} The '''Indigo Bunting''', ''Passerina cyanea'', is a small Seed-eating Bird in the family Cardinalidae. Adult males have deep blue plumage; the wing and tail are black with blue edges. Adult females are brown: darker on the upperparts, faintly streaked underneath. Their breeding habitat is brushy edges across eastern North_America and the southwest United_States. They nest relatively low in dense shrub or a low tree. These birds are Monogamous but not always faithful to their partner. In the western part of their range, they often hybridize with the Lazuli_Bunting. They migrate to southern Mexico, the West_Indies and Central_America. They occur in western Europe as an extremely rare vagrant. Image:IndigoBunting23.jpg These birds forage on the ground or in trees or shrubs. They mainly eat Insects and seeds. In winter, they often feed in flocks. The song of this bird is a high-pitched buzzed ''sweet-sweet chew-chew sweet-sweet''. The Indigo Bunting will migrate during the night, using the stars to direct itself. In captivity, since they cannot migrate, they experience disorientation in April/May and in September/October if they cannot see the stars from their enclosure. == See also == *Painted_Bunting ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=54092|title=Passerina cyanea|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern == External links == *Indigo Bunting by John Audubon Category:Cardinalidae Bunting, Indigo Category:Avifauna_of_Eastern_Canada Category:Avifauna_of_Eastern_Mexico Bunting, Indigo Bunting, Indigo Bunting, Indigo Category:Avifauna_of_New_Brunswick De:Indigofink No:Indigospurv