Category: Sometimes touch of blue on wings, tail or rump

  • Female Indigo Bunting

    Female Indigo Bunting

    When I see a male Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), I immediately know what I’ve seen. No doubt about it. The female of the species though is another story. Plain brown, with just the very slightest suggestion of maybe wing bars. No eye ring. From allaboutbirds.org, “Females are basically brown, with faint streaking on the breast,…