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Rock bunting
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. cia
Binomial name
Emberiza cia
Linnaeus, 1766
Range of E. cia
  Breeding
  Resident
  Non-breeding

The rock bunting (Emberiza cia) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.

Rock Bunting

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific cia is from a local Italian name for this bird, from zirlare, "to chirp".[2]

Range

E. cia stracheyi
Emberiza cia - MHNT

It breeds in northwest Africa, southern Europe east to central Asia, and the Himalayas. It also breeds locally in central Europe. It is partially migratory, with northern populations wintering further south, mainly within the breeding range of the resident southern populations. It is a rare wanderer to western Europe.

Habitat

The rock bunting breeds in open dry rocky mountainous areas.

Description

This bird is 16 cm in length. The breeding male has chestnut upperparts, unmarked deep buff underparts, and a pale grey head marked with black striping.

The female rock bunting is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a less contrasted head. The juvenile is similar to the female, but with a streaked head.

There are four races differing mainly in the plumage shades, although the subspecies which breeds in Europe, Africa and western Turkey is the only one to show white wing bars.

Foraging and breeding

It lays three to five greyish eggs in a lined nest on the ground or occasionally in a low bush. Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.

Song

The call is a sharp tseee, and the song is a twittering churrrr-chirrriiii-itt.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Emberiza cia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22720894A111134095. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22720894A111134095.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 106, 145. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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