Indigo bunting

Passerina cyanea

The Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Brushy fields and woodland edges in North America. It eats seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Passerina cyanea
Region	North America
Found in	United States and Canada

🏡 Where the Indigo bunting lives

Brushy fields and woodland edges in North America.

🍽️ What it eats

🌰 Seeds & nuts100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Males are bright blue, and they travel at night to Central America each autumn.

Hear the Indigo bunting

Recorded by Rory Nefdt (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1146756. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Indigo bunting

Where does the Indigo bunting live?

The Indigo bunting lives in United States and Canada. Brushy fields and woodland edges in North America.

What does the Indigo bunting eat?

seeds and nuts (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Indigo bunting endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.