indigo bunting
A small North American songbird (Passerina cyanea); the name is used in ornithological contexts.
The indigo bunting is a beautiful blue bird found in North America.
Standard katakana spelling for this bird species.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used. The bird name is normally written in katakana.
The Japanese name ルリノジコ is a compound of 瑠璃 (ruri, 'lapis lazuli; deep blue') and 野路子 (nojiko, 'Japanese yellow bunting'), referring to its blue color and bunting family. The exact derivation is uncertain.