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[[Image:Lazuli_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by richard bledsoe <br/>Location: mission dam, san diego,ca. ]] | [[Image:Lazuli_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by richard bledsoe <br/>Location: mission dam, san diego,ca. ]] | ||
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| − | Blue head and back, white wingbars and belly, rust breast. Female brown and grey. | + | Blue head and back, white wingbars and belly, rust breast. Female brown and grey.<br /> |
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Revision as of 01:11, 31 July 2008
- Passerina amoena
Identification
L. 13-14 cm
Male
- Blue head and back
- White wingbars
- White belly
- Rusty breast
Female
- Brown and grey
Blue head and back, white wingbars and belly, rust breast. Female brown and grey.
Distribution
Southern Canada and United States.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Brush.
Behaviour
Diet
Includes seeds and insects.
Breeding
It makes a loose cup nest of grasses and rootlets placed in a bush. 3-4 pale blue eggs are laid.
