Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Summary 7
The Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli.
Distribution 8
occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
Habitat and ecology 9
Systems
- Terrestrial
Migration 10
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Many but not all individuals migrate in fall to molting areas in southern Baja California or the region bounded by southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexcio, and northern Sonora before continuing on to the winter range in western Mexico (Young 1991).
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- (c) Maggie.Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12599017@N08/3615749940
- *Lazuli_Bunting.jpg: www.naturespicsonline.com. *derivative work: Berichard, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Passerina_amoena.jpg
- (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
- (c) Maggie.Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3615749940_fea0878fee_o.jpg
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- (c) Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerina_amoena
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28919181
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31190297
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