Male Painted Bunting

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Male Painted Bunting

Scientific Name Passerina ciris

Photo Taken At Near Christova, Christoval, Texas, USA

IUCN Red List Status Near Threatened

Population

Rich et al. (2004). Read More

Threats

Loss and intensification of habitat through urban development, road building and agricultural intensification, and capture for the cagebird trade are the primary threats (Lowther et al. 1999, Iñigo-Elias et al. 2002, Phillips Lynch 2004), with part of the declines also being attributed to brood-parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird. Trapping and sale in local markets occurs in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and overseas to international markets in Europe, South America and Asia (Ramos 1982, Iñigo-Elias 1986, Iñigo-Elias et al. 2002). Read More

Geographic Range

Passerina ciris occurs in two geographically disjunct populations: a western population breeding from northern Mexico to northern Texas, USA, and wintering in south-west Mexico; and an eastern population breeding along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida (USA) and wintering in southern Florida and the Caribbean (Lowther et al. 1999). The global population is estimated to be 3.6 million birds (Rich et al. 2003). Populations have declined since the mid-1960s and the species has been extirpated from parts of its range in south-west and east USA and north-east Mexico (Lowther et al. 1999, Sauer et al. 2003, NAS 2004, ... Read More

Habitat

The western population breeds in scrub-brush habitat that remains largely intact, and the eastern population inhabits coastal plain agricultural land (Lowther et al. 1999). Read More

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BirdLife International 2016. Passerina ciris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22723957A94842370. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723957A94842370.en