[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Black-faced Bunting was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Black-faced Bunting was photographed at the "Magic Wood" forest, Rudong, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 09, 2017)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This female Blue Bunting was photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Los Fresnos, Texas. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 10D camera (lens unknown). (Date: March 02, 2009)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

Blue Buntings are specialty birds of the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where one can usually be found somewhere each year in winter. This one was photographed in January, 1988 at a makeshift feeder in a campground along the Rio Grande River in southern Texas, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1988)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This female Blue Bunting was photographed at the World Birding Center's Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Mission, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 19, 2009)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)