(Flight photo. Some sections expanded) |
(Flight description added. Picture moved down) |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
'''Breeds''' in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in ""winter''' will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields. | '''Breeds''' in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in ""winter''' will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | |||
Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches. | Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches. | ||
| + | ====Flight==== | ||
| + | Erratic bursts of wing-beats. | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | Its diet includes seeds and insects when feeding young. | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | [[Image:Reed Bunting21.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|targetman|targetman}}<br />[[Lincolnshire]] [[UK]] June 2008 ]] | ||
They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds | They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest which is built in a bush or reeds | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 24 March 2009
|
This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it. |
|
Alternative name: Common Reed Bunting
- Emberiza schoeniclus
Identification
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 and stout bill brown.
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.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Breeds in almost any kind of marshy place: reedbeds, river banks etc but in ""winter will be found on farmland, particularly stubble fields.
Behaviour
Forms mixed flocks in winter with other buntings and finches.
Flight
Erratic bursts of wing-beats.
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
Song: repetitious "tseek, tseek, tseek, tissick".
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Wikipedia
- Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
- Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966
- Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
External Links
