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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Indigo Bunting sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Lago de Yojoa
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Indigo Bunting in Lago de Yojoa?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Indigo Bunting sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Indigo Bunting in Lago de Yojoa?
April has the highest sighting rate for Indigo Bunting in Lago de Yojoa in our monthly data.