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Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Status.
Category E
Native Range
North America. Two races One breeds in south-central US and winters in central America whilst the other breeds along the Atlantic seaboard and winters in Florida and the Bahamas.
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 4 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Voe, Shetland. trapped, 28 May 1972: Carnforth. Lancashire, 2-6 April 1974; St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. 25 June 1978: Yell, Shetland, trapped, 9-27 July 1978: Fair Isle, Shetland. trapped, 19-22 June 1979; Noss. Shetland, 8 June 1981.
Considered an unlikely vagrant to Britain and commonly kept in captivity.
