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− | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|Richard+Ford|Richard Ford}}<br />[[Farlington Marshes]], [[Hampshire]], April 2003]] | + | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male, nominate subspecies<br />Photo © by {{user|Richard+Ford|Richard Ford}}<br />[[Farlington Marshes]], [[Hampshire]], [[UK]], 17 April 2003]] |
'''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting''' | '''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting''' | ||
;[[:Category:Emberiza|Emberiza]] schoeniclus | ;[[:Category:Emberiza|Emberiza]] schoeniclus | ||
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Legs reddish brown to black. Bill is dark and in most populations is small. | Legs reddish brown to black. Bill is dark and in most populations is small. | ||
====Similar species==== | ====Similar species==== | ||
− | + | [[Pallas's Bunting]] from eastern [[Siberia]] looks similar. However it's smaller, longer-tailed, the plumage is generally paler and it has a pale rump and gray rather than rufous lesser coverts. | |
− | [[Pallas's Bunting]] from eastern [[Siberia]] looks similar. However it's smaller, longer-tailed, the plumage is generally paler and it has a pale rump. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, nominate subspecies<br />Photo © by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}<br />[[Titchwell Marsh]] RSPB, [[UK]], 25 January 2006]] | ||
[[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. | [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
− | [[Image:Reed Bunting21.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|targetman|targetman}}<br />[[Lincolnshire]] [[UK]] June 2008 | + | [[Image:Reed Bunting21.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, nominate subspecies<br />Photo © by {{user|targetman|targetman}}<br />[[Lincolnshire]], [[UK]], 30 June 2008]] |
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There are 15 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | There are 15 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''E. s. schoeniclus'': [[British Isles]] and north-western [[Europe]] to central [[Russia]]; winters to North [[Africa]] | *''E. s. schoeniclus'': [[British Isles]] and north-western [[Europe]] to central [[Russia]]; winters to North [[Africa]] | ||
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Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches. | Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches. | ||
====Flight==== | ====Flight==== | ||
+ | [[Image:Reed bunting106.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''pyrrhulina''<br />Photo © by {{user|katastrofa|katastrofa}}<br />Yatsu-higata mudflats, Tokyo, [[Japan]], 22 March 2018]] | ||
Erratic bursts of wing-beats. | Erratic bursts of wing-beats. | ||
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They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds | They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
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'''Song''': repetitious "tseek, tseek, tseek, tissick". | '''Song''': repetitious "tseek, tseek, tseek, tissick". | ||
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
− | ''[[Media:Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3| | + | ''[[Media:Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3|Reed Bunting voice clip]]'' |
==References== | ==References== | ||
+ | [[Image:IMG 16231.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Probably subspecies ''pyrrhuloides'', Thick-billed Reed Bunting<br />Photo © by {{user|Shahrzad|Shahrzad Fattahi}}<br />Tehran, [[Iran]], 24 January 2019]] | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Hayman, P. & Hume, R. (2002) ''The New Birdwatchers Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe.'' Mitchell Beazley ISBN 1-85732-804-3 | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Hayman, P. & Hume, R. (2002) ''The New Birdwatchers Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe.'' Mitchell Beazley ISBN 1-85732-804-3 | ||
#Fitter, R. (1966) ''Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds.'' Collins | #Fitter, R. (1966) ''Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds.'' Collins |
Revision as of 16:44, 1 June 2019
Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting
- Emberiza schoeniclus
Identification
14-16.5 cm (5½-6½ in)
Breeding Male
Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail with white edges.
In winter the black is obscured by rufous-buff edging.
The female and immature are much duller, though still heavily streaked, lacking the black head and white collar. A buff supercilium.
Legs reddish brown to black. Bill is dark and in most populations is small.
Similar species
Pallas's Bunting from eastern Siberia looks similar. However it's smaller, longer-tailed, the plumage is generally paler and it has a pale rump and gray rather than rufous lesser coverts.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 15 subspecies[1]:
- E. s. schoeniclus: British Isles and north-western Europe to central Russia; winters to North Africa
- E. s. witherbyi: Southern Portugal, coastal western Spain, France, Balearic Islands and Sardinia
- E. s. intermedia: Italy and Sicily to southern Ukraine, Crimea and north-eastern Turkey
- E. s. reiseri: Albania, Macedonia, and northern Greece
- E. s. caspia: Eastern Caucasus to western and southern Iran, Syria, adjacent south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Iraq
- E. s. korejewi: Eastern Iran
- E. s. pyrrhuloides: Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan, western Xinjiang and western Mongolia
- E. s. passerina: North-western Siberia; winters to northern Xinjiang, Mongolia and northern Iran
- E. s. parvirostris: Central Siberia and northern Mongolia; winters to northern China
- E. s. pyrrhulina: Transbaikalia to Kamchatka, Kuril Island, Sakhalin, Hokkaido
- E. s. pallidior: South-western Siberia; winters Caucasus to north-western India and Mongolia
- E. s. minor: South-eastern Siberia and adjacent Manchuria
- E. s. ukrainae: Southern Russia to northern Ukraine and Volga River; winters to Caucasus
- E. s. incognita: Russia east of Volga to southern Urals, northern Kazakhstan; winters to north-western China
- E. s. zaidamensis: Western China (Tsaidam basin in northern Qinghai)
Habitat
Breeds in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in winter will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields.
Behaviour
Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches.
Flight
Erratic bursts of wing-beats.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of seeds and other plant material with the addition of insects when feeding young.
Breeding
They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds
Vocalisation
Song: repetitious "tseek, tseek, tseek, tissick".
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Reed Bunting voice clip
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Hayman, P. & Hume, R. (2002) The New Birdwatchers Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe. Mitchell Beazley ISBN 1-85732-804-3
- Fitter, R. (1966) Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds. Collins
- Peterson, RT, G Mountfort and PAD Hollom. 1993. Collins Field Guide – Birds of Britain and Europe, 5th Revised edition. London: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0002199001
- ID thread discussing subspecies E. s. pyrrhuloides]
- Brazil, M.A. (1991) The Birds of Japan. Smithsonian Inst. Press.
- Byers, C., J. Curson, and U. Olsson. (1995) Sparrows and Buntings: A Guide to the Sparrows and Buntings of North America and the World. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
- Copete, J.L. & Christie, D.A. (2019). Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61900 on 8 April 2019).
- Howell, S.N.G., Lewington, I. & Russell, W. (2014) Rare Birds of North America. Princeton Univ. Press
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Reed Bunting. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Reed_Bunting
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