This beautiful colorful bird is a Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). It is sparrow sized (5-1/2 inches). The female is green above and yellowish below. The song is a series of high-pitched musical notes. It inhabits thickets, briar patches and woodland edges. Its diet is seeds and insects.
The nest is a cup of plant material placed in a bush or low tree. There are from 3 to 4 white eggs speckled with brown.
This bird's range is in the southern central portion of the United States. It winters in the Gulf Coast states.
