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[[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Richard Ford male]]
 
[[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Richard Ford male]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The male in breeding plumage is more or less unmistakable, except that there is a very closely related Siberian species which has occured in Europe.
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13.5-15.5 cm.  Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts,  heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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A common breeder in reedbeds and marshland in much of Europe, it has over recent decades become less specialised in its habitat preference and is now found in drier habitats.
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[[Europe]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Reedbeds and marshland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]]
 
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]]
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Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young.
  
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It makes its nest in a bush or reed tussock and 4-7 eggs are laid.
 
==Bird Song==
 
==Bird Song==
 
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php/cat/all/si/reed%20bunting/page/2/sort/4/perpage/12/what/allfields View more images of Reed Bunting in the gallery]
 
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php/cat/all/si/reed%20bunting/page/2/sort/4/perpage/12/what/allfields View more images of Reed Bunting in the gallery]
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Revision as of 15:05, 29 November 2007

Emberiza schoeniclus
Photo by Richard Ford male

Identification

13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below.

Distribution

Europe

Taxonomy

Habitat

Reedbeds and marshland.

Behaviour

Photo by postcardcv
female

Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young.

It makes its nest in a bush or reed tussock and 4-7 eggs are laid.

Bird Song

<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

External Links

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