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Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)

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Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Painted bunting Cardinals, grosbeaks and allies Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Purpergors Kardinaalachtigen Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Passerina ciris Cardinalidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

South Padre Island Convention

2015:10:31 11:38:08
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/1250 sec at F4.0, ISO 320, distance 18.84 m

South Padre Island Convention

2015:10:31 13:41:37
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/800 sec at F4.0, ISO 400, distance 14.96 m

Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge

2014:05:18 00:56:47
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/2000 sec at F4.8, ISO 250, distance 11.89 m

The purple bunting is called 'painted bunting' in English and that seems a better name to me. Bright red, blue and green in a bird is quite special. Actually more of a bird of the tropics.

South Padre Island Convention

2015:10:31 10:10:52
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/1250 sec at F8.0, ISO 400, distance 18.84 m

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