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Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

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Sounds

  • Recording by Thomas SIGNEAU (XC917388). CC-BY-SA · Source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,325, February 2,456, March 3,848, April 6,053, May 8,728, June 9,517, July 10,184, August 8,758, September 6,430, October 4,799, November 2,623, December 2,050.
United States68,769
Alaska68,769
Russia2,700
Altai Republic504
Ukraine260
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast216
Spain157
Bashkortostan144
Chelyabinsk Oblast137
Dagestan136

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyOld World Buntings · Emberizidae
GenusOld World Buntings · Emberiza

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