Painted Bunting
Painted Bunting
Male
- Male is unmistakable with rainbow-colored plumage
- Short, conical silver/gray bill
- Narrow red eye-ring
- © Cleber Ferreira, FL, Winter Garden, December 2011
Painted Bunting
Adult female
- Small bunting with gray conical bill
- Distinctive lime green plumage overall
- Narrow white eye-ring
- © Cleber Ferreira, FL, Winter Garden, April 2011
Painted Bunting
Male
- Small bunting with gray conical bill
- Gaudy, multicolored plumage
- © Cleber Ferreira, FL, Winter Garden, April 2011
Painted Bunting
Adult female
- Small bunting with conical gray bill
- Lime green plumage with paler yellow on belly
- Thin white eye-ring
- © Cleber Ferreira, FL, Winter Park, December 2011
Painted Bunting
Male
- Unmistakable plumage
- Stout, conical gray bill
- Narrow red eye-ring
- © Danny Bales, February 2007
Painted Bunting
Juvenile
- Similar to adult female but duller and browner
- Conical bill longer than in other buntings
- Narrow white eye-ring
- © Stephen Pollard, TX, Block Creek Natural Area, Kendall County, July 2010
Similar Species
Female
- Similar to female Painted Bunting but tawnier brown overall
- Fine streaks on breast
- Pale throat
- © Joey Herron, Mountain Mines Road, Fairmont, WV, May 2011
Female
- Similar to female Painted Bunting but drabber grayish-brown overall
- Pale wing-bars
- Buffy orange wash on breast
- © Cameron Rognan, Truckee, Sierra Nevada, CA, July 2009