Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), backyard, Cochise County

This male Painted Bunting was discovered and photographed by Brian Prescott on 08 August 2010 at his feeder.

Rare early fall transient, casual after early October.  While the pattern of migrants in Arizona suggests that fall migrants are wild birds, Painted Bunting is a common cage bird in Mexico and it is impossible to know if birds outside the usual dates are escapes or not.

Unmistakable. 

 

08 August 2010, photo by Brian Prescott

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