{"id":43166,"date":"2013-07-22T16:21:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:41","slug":"painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"Painted Bunting Passerina ciris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The male Painted Bunting has been described as one of North Americas most colorful songbirds.\u00a0 The Painted Bunting has two distinct breeding populations, one found along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina south to central Florida, and the other from Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, southward into northern Mexico.\u00a0 They prefer somewhat open areas with dense brush to live.\u00a0 Their diet consists mostly of seeds and insects.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:\u00a0 Painted Bunting\u00a0<i>Passerina\u00a0ciris<\/i> <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-367-43166\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3194\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/santa-clara-ranch-_dsc9372-130514-copy.jpg\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" alt=\"Male Painted Bunting\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_santa-clara-ranch-_dsc9372-130514-copy.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Male Painted Bunting<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3193\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/santa-clara-ranch-_dsc9082-130514-copy.jpg\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" alt=\"Male Painted Bunting\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_santa-clara-ranch-_dsc9082-130514-copy.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Male Painted Bunting<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3192\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/santa-clara-ranch-_dsc7674-130513-copy.jpg\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" alt=\"Female Painted Bunting\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_santa-clara-ranch-_dsc7674-130513-copy.jpg\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Female Painted Bunting<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3191\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris-nt_1\/santa-clara-ranch-_dsc7662-130513-copy.jpg\" title=\"McCook, Texas, May 2013\" 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