Passerina amoena
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The lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli. Measurements: Length: 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) Weight: 0.5–0.6 oz (13–18 g) Wingspan: 8.7 in (22 cm) The male is easily recognized by its bright blue head and back (lighter than the closely related indigo bunting), its conspicuous white wingbars, and its light rusty breast and white belly. The color pattern may suggest the eastern and western bluebirds, but the smaller size (13–15 cm or 5–5.9 inches long), wingbars, and short and conical bunting bill quickly distinguish it. The female is brown, grayer above and warmer underneath, told from the female indigo bunting by two thin and pale wingbars and other plumage details.
The song is a high, rapid, strident warble, similar to that of the indigo bunting but longer and with less repetition. Lazuli buntings breed mostly west of the 100th meridian from southern Canada to northern Texas, central New Mexico and Arizona, and southern California. On the Pacific coast their breeding range extends south to extreme northwestern Baja California. They migrate to southeastern Arizona and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lazuli Bunting sighting in Portland on a given day, based on 896 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 117th most-seen of the 230 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lazuli Bunting in Portland on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among Portland's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lazuli Bunting sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Lazuli Bunting sightings, Portland ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Salt Lake City (United States, about 10%), Mesa (United States, under 5%) and Los Angeles (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Cardinalidae
The closest relatives of the Lazuli Bunting that you can see in Portland (family Cardinalidae, Cardinals and Allies) are Black-headed Grosbeak (about 10%) and Western Tanager (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lazuli Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Portland (896 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
