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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tib78" data-source="post: 3162263" data-attributes="member: 71118">I must say that I am/was a bit reluctant to age it, because the head pattern is not very clear on the picture. But even a worn adult should show a more distinct/contrasting head pattern: <a href="http://anillamiento.net/guia/details.php?image_id=8697" target="_blank">http://anillamiento.net/guia/details.php?image_id=8697</a>Also the breast looks streaked on the OP bird. But yes, a date would be welcome!Many more pictures of Rock bunting in the hand on the same site: <a href="http://anillamiento.net/guia/categories.php?cat_id=226" target="_blank">http://anillamiento.net/guia/categories.php?cat_id=226</a>So what is it then Ken? A Cirl bunting? With rufous uppertail coverts, large pale tips to the greater coverts and thin rufous edging to the tertials? A Cirl that shows a streaked breast but mostly unmarked flanks? A Cirl bunting that lacks any yellow tones to the plumage (except maybe a tiny bit on the head, but in fact on the OP image there is no yellow at all; the yellow tones have appeared only in subsequent editing) ?Not only a Cirl showing this combination does not exist but you'll hardly come across a Cirl showing any of the aforementionned fieldmarks.(Hope I am not sounding too rude to those of you who proposed Cirl bunting in the first instance)</blockquote>