summer male

summer male summer juvenile European distribution adult male in tree

Identification

The male is easily identified by his green and yellow head markings and warm reddish underparts. The duller female is rather trickier but the pinkish bill and pale eye-ring should catch your attention. The streaked head and yellowish bib will then confirm the identification.

Habitat

Breeds on bare and scrubby hills and fields, occurring more widely on passage.

Migration

The Ortolan Bunting is a trans-Saharan migrant wintering in Guinea, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Ortolan Bunting is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

Pleinmont, Guernsey 31/08/2010	Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010	Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010	Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010	Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010
Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010	Landguard NR, Suffolk 28/08/2010	Undisclosed, Macedonia (Republic of) 04/06/2010	Barje, Serbia 26/04/2010	Vetren, Bulgaria 15/05/2010

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Ortolan Bunting breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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