Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 

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Identification

• small songbird
• male deep blue all over, turning more brown in fall
• female overall dull brown color
• bluish color on tail
  5.5" (14 cm.)

Habitat

• open areas, forest edge

Additional Information

• common migrant and summer resident
• male sings all day, often from high perch
• female secretive, stays near the ground
• blue color is due to diffraction of light off its true black feather colors
• very common summer breeding species on the Reserve