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Varied Bunting 11-14cm
colourful songbird live in arid scrublands thorn forests of the SW US and Mexico
Diet insects, seeds, fruit
Female builds the nest in thorny shrubs, incubated 14 days, parents feed chicks 12 days in the nest and 3 weeks after they fledge.
Male and female different shown below
