Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Not actually pigmented blue — its feathers refract light. The trick of the trade.
- Populasi
- ~28 million mature individuals
- Habitat
- Brushy forest edges, open deciduous woodland, second-growth scrub, overgrown fields, and farmland edges; favors weedy/shrubby areas near trees
- Fakta menarik
- Male Indigo Buntings migrate at night and orient themselves using the stars, having learned the rotation of the night sky around Polaris as young birds.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across eastern North America from southern Canada and Maine south to northern Florida and eastern Texas, west to the Great Plains (overlapping with Lazuli Bunting); winters from southern Florida and Mexico through the Caribbean and Central America to northern South America
- Makanan
- Insects and spiders (caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles, true bugs) during the breeding season; seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants dominate the winter diet
- Ukuran
- 0,13 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,2 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,5 tahun
