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The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific spodocephala is from Ancient Greek spodos, "ashes", and kephalos, "headed". [2]
The common reed bunting is a medium-sized bird, 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) long and a mass of 10–28 g, [9] with a small but sturdy seed-eater's bill. The male has a black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, and a heavily streaked brown back. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below.
This is a small bunting, measuring only 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length. [2] It has white underparts with dark streaking on the breast and sides. With its chestnut face and white malar stripe, it resembles a small female reed bunting, but has black crown stripes, a white eye-ring, and a fine dark border to the rear of its chestnut cheeks ...
The Somali Bunting is a medium-large bunting, 14–15 cm long, and weigh 14–18 g. It is an attractive passerine, its distinctive features include a striking black-and-white facial pattern, a grey back streaked with russet, a grey rump, and a bright yellow breast with pale flanks. Females are duller than males, with brown wash on head.
The black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and migrates in winter mainly to India, with some individuals moving further into south-east Asia. Like others in its family, it is found in open grassland habitats where they fly in flocks in ...
Emberiza, a group of Old World passerine birds; Passerina, a group of birds in the Cardinalidae family known as the North American buntings; Blue bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina; Lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys; Plectrophenax, snow and McKay's buntings; Lapland longspur or Lapland bunting, Calcarius lapponicus
The plumage is white underneath and the wings and back have black and white on them. The female and male have different plumage; during the breeding season, the male is white with black wingtips and a black back, while the female has black wingtips and the black feathers on the back fringed with brown. During the winter, they both have broad ...
A high-pitched, buzzed zeeep is used as a contact call when the indigo bunting is in flight. [20] The song of the male bird is a high-pitched buzzed sweet-sweet chew-chew sweet-sweet, lasting two to four seconds, sung to mark his territory to other males and to attract females.