Females and juveniles sport a lime green hue, an unusual color among North American feeder birds. Blue grosbeak vs indigo bunting: how to tell them apart. During the breeding season, males are ...

A single Painted Bunting photographed in Dorothea Dix Park in May 2023. The bird also made a rare appearance in the Raleigh, NC park last summer, drawing hundreds of birders from around the state ...

One of the most beloved birds in North America, its numbers are dropping, and the painted bunting is now listed by the American Bird Conservancy as a species of concern. Its decline is linked to a ...