Lazuli bunting (male)
Passerina amoena

Size: 5.5 inches
Overall Color: bright blue and cinnamon and black
Occurrence: open shrubby woodlands
Diet: insects, seeds
Nest: cup in shrub or small tree 1-10 ft high
Field Identification: bright blue head and back, reddish rusty breast, white belly, white wing bars
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 82 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)
Genus: Passerina
Species: amoena