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Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Jochem Verweij (XC931545). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 30,934 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 30,496 |
| China | 1,198 |
| Russia | 992 |
| Taiwan | 216 |
| Beijing Municipality | 207 |
| California | 186 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 184 |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | 108 |
| Alabama | 98 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cactus nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in cacti.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Old World Buntings · Emberizidae |
| Genus | Old World Buntings · Emberiza |
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Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Little Bunting with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.