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[[Image:Rock_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dave Hawkins]] | [[Image:Rock_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dave Hawkins]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Reddish-brown upperparts, white-outer tail feathers, stripey grey-and-black head pattern. | Reddish-brown upperparts, white-outer tail feathers, stripey grey-and-black head pattern. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[Iberia]] except on Mediterranean coast, southern [[France]], [[Germany]] and east into [[Austria]]. [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Greece]], [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]], [[Hungary]]. | + | [[Iberia]] except on Mediterranean coast, southern [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]] and east into [[Austria]]. [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Greece]], [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]], [[Hungary]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Subspecies Nominate cia is found over most of range with slightly larger and paler par in Crimea and Caucasus, more heavily streaked with buff rump. Various other races have been described but differences are very slight. | Subspecies Nominate cia is found over most of range with slightly larger and paler par in Crimea and Caucasus, more heavily streaked with buff rump. Various other races have been described but differences are very slight. | ||
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Revision as of 05:14, 23 June 2008
- Emberiza cia
Identification
Reddish-brown upperparts, white-outer tail feathers, stripey grey-and-black head pattern.
Distribution
Iberia except on Mediterranean coast, southern France, Switzerland, Germany and east into Austria. Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, Hungary.
Taxonomy
Subspecies Nominate cia is found over most of range with slightly larger and paler par in Crimea and Caucasus, more heavily streaked with buff rump. Various other races have been described but differences are very slight.
Habitat
Dry rocky hillsides with sparse vegetation, sometimes vineyards and olive groves, juniper scrub and subalpine meadows. Often at fairly high altitude and reaches 4000m in parts of range, usually under 1500m in Europe.
Behaviour
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Emberiza cia (song).mp3</flashmp3>
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