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[[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Richard+Ford|Richard Ford}}<br />Male]]
[[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Richard+Ford|Richard Ford}}<br />Male]]
'''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting'''
'''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting'''
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In '''winter''' the black is obscured by rufous-buff edging.<br />
In '''winter''' the black is obscured by rufous-buff edging.<br />
The '''female''' and ''immature''' are much duller, though still heavily streaked, lacking the black head and white collar. A buff supercilium.<br />
The '''female''' and ''immature''' are much duller, though still heavily streaked, lacking the black head and white collar. A buff supercilium.<br />
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Legs and stout bill brown.
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Legs reddish brown to black. Bill is dark and in most populations is small.
====Similar species====
====Similar species====
[[Pallas's Bunting]] from eastern [[Siberia]] looks similar. However it's smaller, longer-tailed, the plumage is generally paler and it has a pale rump.
[[Pallas's Bunting]] from eastern [[Siberia]] looks similar. However it's smaller, longer-tailed, the plumage is generally paler and it has a pale rump.
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[[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]].
[[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]].
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
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There are 19 subspecies.
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}<br />Female]]
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}<br />Female]]
==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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'''Breeds''' in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in ""winter''' will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields.
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'''Breeds''' in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in '''winter''' will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields.
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==Behaviour==
==Behaviour==
Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches.
Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches.
13.5-15.5 cm Breeding Male
Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail with white edges.
In winter the black is obscured by rufous-buff edging.
The female' and immature are much duller, though still heavily streaked, lacking the black head and white collar. A buff supercilium.
Legs reddish brown to black. Bill is dark and in most populations is small.
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