Ortolan Bunting

Ortolan Bunting
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana, Altai Mountains, Xinjiang, elev. 1420 m (4,660 ft.), July. (Craig Brelsford)

Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana breeds patchily from Spain to Mongolia, in China in northern Xinjiang around Altai Mountains. Winters sub-Saharan Africa. HABITAT Open, dry areas with scattered bushes or thickets. ID & COMPARISON Distinguished from Grey-necked Bunting E. buchanani by olive (not blue-grey) hood that extends farther down breast; yellowish (not buffish) malar stripe, chin, and eye-ring; darker streaking on mantle; slightly larger size and shorter tail; and darker and more arched culmen. VOICE Song 4–7 ringing notes with emphasis usually on the last or next-to-last note. Short calls quip and chu. — Craig Brelsford

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Black-headed Bunting E. melanocephala
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Black-faced Bunting E. spodocephala
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Daniel Bengtsson served as chief ornithological consultant for Craig Brelsford’s Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of China, from which this species description is drawn.

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