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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.
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.
==Identification==
==Identification==
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A common breeder in reedbeds and marshalnd in much of Europe, it has over recent decades become less specialised in its habitat preference and is now found in drier habitats.
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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.
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]]
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]]
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.
Identification
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.
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