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ViewsPine BuntingFrom Opus Photo by Dave Hawkins
[edit] Identification16-17.5cm. White crown and cheeks, chestnut forehead and throat, streaked brown back. The female duller and is more streaked on its undersides. [edit] DistributionAsia, north India and southern China. Accidental vagrant to Alaska with 2 records. [edit] TaxonomyThe Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae. [edit] HabitatOpen land with scrub or trees, including cultivation, but prefers open pine forest. [edit] BehaviourThe diet includes insects when feeding young and seeds at other times. The nest is on the ground. 4-6 eggs are laid. [edit] ReferencesWikipedia [edit] External Links
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