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| − | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Richard Ford male]] | + | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Richard Ford <br/> male]] |
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| + | [[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below. | 13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below. | ||
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Reedbeds and marshland. | Reedbeds and marshland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 29 November 2007
- Emberiza schoeniclus
Identification
13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is more streaked below.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Reedbeds and marshland.
Behaviour
Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young.
It makes its nest in a bush or reed tussock and 4-7 eggs are laid.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
