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Category:Emberiza|Emberiza]] caesia

Photo by okan kocyigit
Location: Denizli, Turkey

[edit] Identification

Breeding male

• Brown, streaked above
• Rust orange below
• Grey head
• Orange moustachial stripe
• Pink, stout bill

Female

• Weaker head pattern
• Brown rump
• White eye ring

[edit] Distribution

Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, winters in Sudan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal areas, open hillsides with shrubs.

[edit] Behaviour

It is a ground nester, laying 4-6 eggs.

The diet includes mainly seeds, though the young are fed insects.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links