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| − | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Photo by | + | [[Image:Reed_Bunting.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Photo by {{user|Richard+Ford|Richard Ford}}<br />Male]] |
'''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting''' | '''Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting''' | ||
;[[:Category:Emberiza|Emberiza]] schoeniclus | ;[[:Category:Emberiza|Emberiza]] schoeniclus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, | + | 13.5-15.5 cm. Black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, heavily streaked brown back, deeply notched tail. |
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| + | The '''female''' is much duller, lacking the black head and white collar | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Europe]] | [[Europe]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | [[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by | + | [[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}<br />Female]] |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Reedbeds and marshland. | Reedbeds and marshland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Diet==== | |
Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
| − | + | They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds | |
| − | == | + | ====Vocalisation==== |
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Emberiza+schoeniclus}} | {{GSearch|Emberiza+schoeniclus}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Emberiza]] | + | <br /> |
| + | {{Video|Reed_Bunting}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Emberiza]][[Category:Bird Songs]][[Category:Videos]] | ||
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Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting
- 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, lacking the black head and white collar
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Reedbeds and marshland.
Behaviour
Diet
Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young.
Breeding
They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
Wikipedia
External Links
