Canvassed In An Electric Technicolor Dreamsuit Of Color Is A Bird With Interesting Characteristics

A bird with an endearing turquoise blue, green, yellow, and burnished orange color is truly a sight to see.

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 10, 2021

The orange-breasted bunting, or Passerina leclancherii, is a type of passerine bird in the Cardinalidae family. The male adult orange breasted bunting is around 5 inches long.

The male adult has a pale green crown with a nape colored turquoise blue. His upper-parts are frequently touched with green, and he has a turquoise tail.

The male adult’s eye-ring, lore and tummy have a canary yellow color, extending to golden orange on the breast area. The female adult orange bunting has dim green upper-parts and yellow-colored underparts.

The male and female buntings have eye-rings which are yellow in color. The orange breasted bunting can be found in, and is endemic to, the Pacific incline of Mexico.

Looking for where to specifically find this bird? These birds like to reside in the subtropical or tropical dry forest regions and in the subtropical or arid shrub-land.

You can also find them in bushy deciduous forest, thorny thickets, clearings, and the edges of lush edges, up to an altitude of 3,000 feet. These birds, however, are more bountiful in secondary growth than in undisturbed woods. 

In the winter, the orange breasted bunting likes to feast on seeds and then feed on insects during the summer. Correspondingly, they have bills which are smaller than most cardinalids.

Meet the beautiful orange-breasted bunting

Here's the female orange bunting

The reproducing season of the Orange-breasted Bunting runs from May through June, which is the wet season. With the use of dry leaves, grasses and rootlets, a nest which is cup-shaped with a softer coating is constructed during this time.

Such a striking blend of color...

The nest is constructed in a thick scrub or in a low bush. Within this nest, a grasp of three to four greenish-white eggs or bluish-white eggs are laid.

Screams blue...

When foraging, the birds form little groups or they may forage in twos. The eating regimen of this species has not been studied.

Hello, there!

However, orange breasted buntings in this class are generally eaters of seeds, along with some leafy foods and fruits. Birds in captivity will devour hemp seed, thorn seed and white millet as well as ant cocoons, hard sweet apples, and mealworms.

Have a feel of this beautiful bird

Just like the sunrise...

The bird shines...

This species has a very large reach. Therefore, they do not move toward the threshold for vulnerable under the criterion for range size.

Also, due to this bird's wide reach and enormous all out populace, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers it as being a specie of least concern.

It's video time!

Click, watch and listen to this adorable bird here in the video below:

The orange breasted bunting is a small delightful bird canvassed in a suit of electric colors. Just as its name implies, this bird is sure to bring you delight and brighten up your day with its brilliant colors.

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Maryjane