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Pine Bunting

From Opus

Photo by Dave Hawkins
Photo by Dave Hawkins
Emberiza leucocephalos

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[edit] Identification

16-17.5cm. White crown and cheeks, chestnut forehead and throat, streaked brown back. The female duller and is more streaked on its undersides.

[edit] Distribution

Asia, north India and southern China. Accidental vagrant to Alaska with 2 records.

[edit] Taxonomy

The 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] Habitat

Open land with scrub or trees, including cultivation, but prefers open pine forest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects when feeding young and seeds at other times.

The nest is on the ground. 4-6 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

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