- Emberiza schoeniclus
Identification
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.
Distribution
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.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
Bird Song
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