Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) - Mel Cooksey

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Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) Passerina amoena x cyanea

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Packery Channel Park (CTC 064)
Nueces, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 27.6264996, -97.2204369
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

This female Passerina was along the east (right) side of the entrance road just beyond the Sanddollar intersection. It was around the white wooden fence, sort of associating with a group of four Blue Grosbeaks. It appears to be a good candidate for a hybrid Lazuli x Indigo Bunting; wingbars and considerable buff along flanks like LAZB and fine streaking on underparts like INBU. There is a spot or two of blue like a female INBU might show. The image is rather poor and heavily cropped, and I could not get a good look at the dorsal surface. There are very few images on eBird/Macauley for females of this pairing, but note Marshall Iliff's April 2013 bird from High Island: https://ebird.org/checklist/S14026780 I would be eager to hear from anyone who has experience or has worked with or published on this pairing.

Technical information

Model
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
ISO
800
Flash
Flash did not fire
Dimensions
3719 pixels x 2206 pixels
Original file size
1.44 MB