Painted Bunting
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), Laguna Seca Ranch, Texas.This species are still fairly common, but populations have been dropping for several decades. The North American Breeding Bird Survey estimated a decline of 62% between 1966 and 1995, but the 1966-2014 survey does not find significant decreases, suggesting that populations may have stabilized, or at least the decline has slowed, since 1995. Painted Buntings are popular cage birds and are often trapped on their wintering grounds and sold illegally.
Painted Bunting
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), Laguna Seca Ranch, Texas.This species are still fairly common, but populations have been dropping for several decades. The North American Breeding Bird Survey estimated a decline of 62% between 1966 and 1995, but the 1966-2014 survey does not find significant decreases, suggesting that populations may have stabilized, or at least the decline has slowed, since 1995. Painted Buntings are popular cage birds and are often trapped on their wintering grounds and sold illegally.