lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) Plate. III.
Lazuli Bunting ~ Cyanospiza amoena
(Upper figure, male; lower, female)
Artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Date 1902
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7250818846
Author Keyser, Leander S.
Full title Birds of the Rockies, Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester Keyser), 1856-1937
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_the_Rockies_(Plate_III)_(7250818846).jpg
The lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli. Lazuli buntings breed mostly west of the 100th meridian from southern Canada to northern Texas, central New Mexico and Arizona, and southern California.