Indigo bunting is a North American songbird. The indigo bunting breeds in the eastern part of the United States and in southeastern Canada. It ranges from southern Mexico to Panama in winter. The bird measures about 5 inches (13 centimeters) long. The breeding male is indigo blue, and the female is brown. In fall, the male looks much like the female but has some blue on its wings and tail.
Indigo buntings live in brushy fields or along forest edges. The female lays three to four pale bluish-white eggs in a nest of grass, weeds, and bark. Indigo buntings help farmers by eating harmful insects and weed seeds.
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