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The male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America and as such has been nicknamed nonpareil, or "without equal". [6] Its colors, dark blue head, green back, red rump, and underparts, make it extremely easy to identify, but it can still be difficult to spot since it often skulks in foliage even when it is singing.
Painted bunting, Passerina ciris; Rose-bellied bunting, ... In some species like the lazuli bunting and indigo bunting the bird learn singing by match-based, ...
Painted bunting bachelor returns to Raleigh park — and birders are thrilled. Martha Quillin. May 8, 2023 at 3:01 PM. A rare-for-North Carolina bird first spotted last year at Dorothea Dix Park ...
Although not closely related to the buntings in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings. The males show vivid colors in the breeding season; the plumage of females and immature birds is duller. These birds go through two molts in a year; the males are generally less colorful in winter. They have short ...
In Stage 5 (S6E14) of the HBO series The Sopranos, Paulie Gualtieri mistakenly quotes the song, saying "Ride the painted pony, let the spinnin' wheel glide" One of the commercials for Pets.com airing during Super Bowl XXXIV has the dot-com's sock puppet mascot briefly sing the chorus while riding with a delivery driver.
The indigo bunting is the sister of two sister groups, a "blue" (lazuli bunting and blue grosbeak) and a "painted" (rose-bellied bunting, orange-breasted bunting, varied bunting, and painted bunting) clade. This genetic study shows these species diverged between 4.1 and 7.3 million years ago.
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The purple finch is the state bird of New Hampshire.. This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee (NHRBC) and New Hampshire Audubon (NHA). [1]