Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
- tidak umum
- 32 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Looks like it was painted by a hyperactive toddler with every crayon. Stunning.
- Populasi
- ~14 million mature individuals globally (~12 million in continental USA)
- Habitat
- Scrub, woodland edges, riparian thickets, and brushy secondary growth with dense understory; also roadsides, suburban gardens, and hedgerows
- Fakta menarik
- The male Painted Bunting's riot of blue, green, yellow, and red plumage earned it the French name "nonpareil," meaning "without equal."
- Sebaran
- Two disjunct breeding populations: a western population from Arizona/New Mexico through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and northern Mexico, and an eastern coastal population from North Carolina/Florida through coastal Georgia and South Carolina; winters in southern Florida, the Caribbean (Cuba, Bahamas), and along Mexico's coasts to Central America
- Makanan
- Mainly seeds (grasses, sedges, forbs) in winter; shifts to small invertebrates (insects, spiders, caterpillars, grasshoppers, snails) during breeding season and when feeding nestlings
- Ukuran
- 0,13 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,22 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,5 tahun
