Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), lower Ash Canyon, Cochise County

This Painted Bunting was photographed by Robert Behrstock on 13 August 2015

Uncommon to rare but regular, occasionally numerous late summer migrant in SE Arizona; locally rare at this location.

Distinctive drab greenish-yellow overall, thick bill, no wing bars.

13 August 2015, photo by Robert Behrstock

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