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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | ==Distribution | + | This photo was taken in the Oaxaca province of southern Mexico on 31 Jan 04 |
| − | A Mexican endemic, being found only in the southwest - on the Pacific slope from Jalisco south to west Chiapas | + | |
| + | Male: bright azure-blue above with green crown, orange breast shading to yellow on the belly. Female: grey-green above with tinges of blue on wings and tail, pale yellow below. Both M and F have yellow eye-ring. | ||
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | A Mexican endemic, being found only in the southwest - on the Pacific slope from Jalisco south to west Chiapas | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Tropical dry brushy hillsides, open scrubby woods & woodland borders, hedgerows | + | Tropical dry brushy hillsides, open scrubby woods & woodland borders, hedgerows and partial clearings. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/search.php?searchid=893 View more images of Orange-breasted Bunting in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/search.php?searchid=893 View more images of Orange-breasted Bunting in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 9 July 2007
- Passerina leclancherii
Identification
This photo was taken in the Oaxaca province of southern Mexico on 31 Jan 04
Male: bright azure-blue above with green crown, orange breast shading to yellow on the belly. Female: grey-green above with tinges of blue on wings and tail, pale yellow below. Both M and F have yellow eye-ring.
Distribution
A Mexican endemic, being found only in the southwest - on the Pacific slope from Jalisco south to west Chiapas
Taxonomy
Habitat
Tropical dry brushy hillsides, open scrubby woods & woodland borders, hedgerows and partial clearings.
