Paul's Bunting | |
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An adult Paul's Bunting. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Inopinaves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Passeri |
Clade: | Nine-primaried oscines |
Epifamily: | Icteroidae |
Clade: | Thraupid group |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Passerina |
Species: | P. pauli |
Binomial name | |
Passerina pauli Hellstern, Travis, 2314 |
Paul's Bunting, Passerina pauli (pass-er-EYE-nah[1] PAWL-eye) is a species of bunting in the cardinal family. It is closely related to the Indigo Bunting. It is found throughout Devonshire, Shire, Aquitani and Gaul. It migrates to southern Africa.[alt. univ.]
Other names
Hellstern's Bunting; Pink-breasted Bunting; African Painted Bunting.
Description
Both sexes are an iridescent blue, with a red belly.
Similar species
Indigo Bunting is all blue, with no pinkish-red. The Painted Bunting is similar, but has green instead of blue on its back.
Behaviour
Migrates at night.[1]
Diet
Calls
Reproduction
Males are polygynous, not unlike the Painted.[2]
Distribution/habitat
Lives in open areas, fields, forest edges, orchards, hedges, near creeks and riversides.[1]
References
Based on...
It is based on an Indigo Bunting and Painted Bunting.
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