Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

The painted bunting is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male develops beginning in the second year of life; in the first year, they can be distinguished from the female only by close inspection. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 6,394 times across 21 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 25°C (typically 22 to 27°C, from 15 areas). That holds across 20° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.