What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Indigo Bunting been recorded?

Passerina cyanea occurrence evidence comes from 21,075 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting — Photo (display-sized rendition): Dan Pancamo · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesCardinalidaePasserina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

21,075 records across 15 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Passerina cyanea · GBIF taxon key 2490327

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Indigo Bunting has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Indigo Bunting. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 19,974
Canada 473
Mexico 410
Colombia 102
Honduras 35
El Salvador 33
Guatemala 15
Belize 9
Nicaragua 9
Panama 5
Sweden 4
Costa Rica 2
Bermuda 1
Puerto Rico 1
Portugal 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.