PhillyVoice Staff Wildlife Birds @Victoria.Sindlinger/Instagram A male painted bunting has made a rare appearance this winter at Bartram's Garden, the 50-acre public park in Southwest Philadelphia.

"It's a male, the colors of this bird are spectacular. It's like bird meets rainbow." The Painted Bunting rarely makes it north of Florida, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

Bird of the month: Painted bunting Description : The male painted bunting is the most colorful of the North American songbirds, with a blue head, red belly and green back. Females are less specta… ...

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The Painted Bunting is a relatively rare bird in Alabama, with a few dozen sightings around the state each year. But when you do see one -- especially the adult male -- you're not likely to forget it.

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While female painted buntings are a greenish color and have been spotted in New York before, there have only been a few sightings of the technicolored male painted bunting, The New York Post reported.

McFarland said the painted bunting really sticks out in Vermont’s early spring brown landscape. “It’s a beautiful, beautiful bird. It’s like tropical when you look at it,” he said Wednesday.