Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina cyanea (Indigo Bunting)
The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Its habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodland. The indigo bunting is closely related to the lazuli bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap. The indigo bunting is a small bird, measuring 11.5–13 cm (4.5–5.1 in) in length. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Isla del Coco National Park
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Cocos Finch
Pinaroloxias inornata
Cocos Flycatcher
Nesotriccus ridgwayi
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Indigo Bunting at Isla del Coco National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there