- Emberiza schoeniclus
Description
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 marshalnd in much of Europe, it has over recent decades become less specialised in its habitat preference and is now found in drier habitats.
Bird Song
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