Status
The male Painted Bunting was once a very popular caged bird, but its capture and holding is currently illegal. Trapping for oversea sales may still occur in Central America. Populations are primarily declining due to habitat being lost to development, especially in coastal swamp thickets and woodland edges in the east and riparian habitats in migration and winter in the Southeastern United States and Mexico. They are listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN and are protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Act.
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