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Taxonomic source(s)
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd
2012	Near Threatened	A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd
2008	Near Threatened	A2b,c,d; A3b,c,d; A4b,c,d
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,010,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	5,310,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	14000000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2016
Population trend	stable	medium	estimated	1998-2008
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Partners in Flight estimate there to be 12,000,000 mature individuals in continental U.S.A. out of a global total of 14,000,000 (Rosenberg et al. 2016, Partners in Flight 2018).

Trend justification: Data from the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) (T. Meehan in litt. 2018) suggests that in North America the species may have increased since 1966, within the relevant part of its range. However, Breeding Bird Survey data suggests it has undergone a small or statistically insignificant decrease over the last three generations (c.13 years) (Sauer et al. 2017), which would not approach the threshold for Vulnerable. As CBC data may only represent a more limited proportion of the population the species is, therefore, treated here as stable.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extant	native			yes
Belize	extant	native			yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Costa Rica	extant	native			yes
Cuba	extant	native			yes
El Salvador	extant	native			yes
Guatemala	extant	native			yes
Honduras	extant	native			yes
Jamaica	extant	vagrant			yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native			yes
Panama	extant	native			yes
USA	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cuba	Alturas de Banao
Cuba	Cayería Centro - Oriental de Villa Clara
Cuba	Cayos Romano - Cruz - Megano Grande
Cuba	Ciénaga de Zapata
Cuba	Delta del Cauto
Cuba	Delta del Mayarí
Cuba	Gibara
Cuba	Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila
Cuba	Guanahacabibes
Cuba	Las Picuas - Del Cristo Cay
Cuba	Mil Cumbres
Cuba	Pico Cristal
Cuba	Río Máximo
Cuba	Sierra del Chorrillo
Mexico	Cuatro Ciénegas
Mexico	Nacimiento Río Sabinas-Sureste de la Sierra de Santa Rosa
Mexico	Parras de la Fuente
Mexico	Presa el Tulillo
Mexico	Presa Venustiano Carranza
Mexico	Sierra Maderas del Carmen
Mexico	Vallecitos de Zaragoza
Nicaragua	Chocoyero - El Brujo - Montibelli and adjacent landscape
Nicaragua	Los Guatuzos
Nicaragua	Miraflor
Nicaragua	Mombacho Volcano
USA	ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge--Edisto Unit
USA	Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area
USA	Bald Head - Smith Island
USA	Fort Chaffee
USA	Hobcaw Barony
USA	Santee National Wildlife Refuge
USA	Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	major	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Competition, Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases - Molothrus ater	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Transportation & service corridors	Roads & railroads	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Painted Bunting Passerina ciris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/painted-bunting-passerina-ciris on 27/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/12/2024.