Corn bunting

Corn bunting
In Tunisia, Ichkeul National Park
Male singing in Dorset, England. Recorded by Lawrence Shove.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. calandra
Binomial name
Emberiza calandra
Linnaeus, 1758
Range of E. calandra
  Breeding
  Resident
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Emberiza miliaria Linnaeus, 1766
  • Miliaria calandra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Miliaria europaea Swainson, 1837
  • Miliaria minor (Radde, 1884)
  • Crithagra miliaria (Linnaeus, 1766)

The corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This is a large bunting with heavily streaked buff-brown plumage. The sexes are similar but the male is slightly larger than the female. Its range extends from Western Europe and North Africa across to northwestern China.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Emberiza calandra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22721020A155499724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22721020A155499724.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.