Meadow bunting
| Meadow bunting | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. cioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza cioides Brandt, 1843
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The meadow bunting or Siberian meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides) is a
Emberizidae
.
Description
MHNT
The meadow bunting is 15 to 16.5 cm long. The male is mostly rufous-brown with dark streaks on the back. The boldly-patterned head is brown with white eyebrows, moustachial stripe and throat and grey sides to the neck. The outer tail-feathers are white and the legs are pinkish-brown. Females are similar but are duller and paler with a less well-defined head pattern.
The
song
is a short, hurried phrase given from a prominent perch. The call is a series of up to four sharp notes.
It breeds in southern
vagrants
. It occurs in dry, open habitats such as scrub, farmland, grassland and open woodland.
The
incubated for 11 days. The young birds fledge after another 11 days. Pairs are monogamous
and use the same area for breeding several years in a row.
References
- Brazil, Mark A. (1991). The Birds of Japan. London: Christopher Helm.
- Lewington, Ian; Alström, Per & Colston, Peter (1991). A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins.
- MacKinnon, John & Phillipps, Karen (2000). A Field Guide to the Birds of China. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (Emberiza cioides)". IUCN. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
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