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Indigo Bunting

(c) Gareth Rasberry, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

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Brilliant blue male and drab olive female bunting with thick bill. Rare vagrant from eastern US; occasional migrant to Bay Area grasslands.

Plants that support Indigo Bunting

2 plants

Blue Elderberry

Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea

moderate

tree

Migrant; consumes berries Aug-Oct during southbound migration

Bay Area native

California Grape

Vitis californica

moderate

vine

Transient migrants consume grapes during fall passage

Bay Area nativeKeystone species