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Bunting ID? (1 Viewer)

Snylm

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Hello, thanks for the help.

22.01.2022
Şanlıurfa-Turkey
 

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Hello,

its a Common Reed Bunting.
Good for this is the bold blackish malar-stripe, dominating the head pattern.
Slightly greyer, yet creamy back is normal for this species. I lack experience with rarer asian Buntings (so better wait as always in this case), but your bird looks good for a Reed Bunting to me.
 

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