| Bunting | |
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| Cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Emberizoidea |
| Family: | Emberizidae Vigors, 1831 |
| Genus: | Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Emberiza citrinella | |
| Species | |
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44, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills.