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painted bunting

–noun
a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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painted bunting  
n.  A small finch (Passerina ciris) of the southern United States and Mexico, the male of which has brilliant multicolored plumage. Also called nonpareil.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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