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Photo by Seyed Babak Mus
Sarakhs, north-east Iran, April 2006

Photo of Female © by Shantilal
Gujarat Iran, India 2018

Identification

15–16·5 cm (6-6½ in); a largish bunting with a fairly long tail
Breeding male

Female overall paler than the male

South-central Eurasia; winters in the Indian subcontinent.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Open scrub, cultivated fields, countryside, grassland, desert, semi arid areas, woodlands and forest.

They make a nest in a tree or bush. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs.

Their diet consists mostly of seeds, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
BF Member observations
Wikipedia

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-headed Bunting. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-headed_Bunting

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 [[Image:158551104326-large.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Seyed+Babak+Mus|Seyed Babak Mus}}<br />Sarakhs, north-east [[Iran]], April 2006]]
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 [[Image:RHBuntingFemShantilal.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo of Female ©  by {{user|Shantilal|Shantilal}}<br />Gujarat [[Iran]], India 2018]]
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