Listen to the Indigo bunting
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About the Indigo bunting
The Indigo bunting is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Indigo bunting sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song, alarm call, indigobunting and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Its habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodland. The indigo bunting is closely related to the lazuli bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap.
Related birds in the genus Passerina
More from the family Cardinalidae
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer tanager
Piranga rubra
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-backed grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Red-crowned ant tanager
Habia rubica
Blue seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Frequently asked questions
What does an Indigo bunting sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Indigo bunting on this page, including its song, alarm call and indigobunting. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Indigo bunting endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Indigo bunting as “least concern”.
What family does the Indigo bunting belong to?
The Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Indigobunting – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Richardson Nature Center, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1049642 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Indigo bunting – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dan Pancamo – CC BY-SA 2.0