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Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena

Status.

Category E

Native Range

North America. Breeding range from south-western Canada and western USA southwards as far as California, wintering in southeastern Arizona and Mexico.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

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Holm. Orkney. 31 May to 8 June 1964; Isle of May, Fife, 22 May 1971; Foula, Shetland, 12 July 1975; Murrayton, Cornwall. 15-24 September 1990. Unlikely to occur naturally in Britain, the species was regularly imported prior to 1982 and was still being advertised for sale in the UK in 1990.

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Sources

BOURC 20TH REPORT (DEC 1993)