Cinereous Bunting
A species of Old World Buntings Scientific name : Emberiza cineracea Genus : Old World Buntings
Cinereous Bunting, A species of Old World Buntings
Botanical name: Emberiza cineracea
Genus: Old World Buntings
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Description
The cinereous bunting is a large (16–17 cm), slim bunting with a long, white-cornered tail. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is less streaked than many buntings and has a thick pale bill. It has a greyish back with only subdued dark markings, and a browner tint to the wings. The adult male's head is dull yellow, with a brighter moustachial line and throat. In the nominate race of south-west Turkey, the rest of the underparts are grey, but the eastern form E. c. semenowi has yellow underparts. Females are brownish grey above with a whitish throat and yellow only in the moustachial stripe. Young birds have a plain pale belly and streaking on the breast. 
Size
18 cm
Feeding Habits
Cinereous Bunting primarily consumes invertebrates during breeding and seeds otherwise, occasionally foraging on the ground in small groups, with a unique observation of 40 together in Israel.
Habitat
Cinereous Bunting's typical habitat includes dry, stony mountain slopes and hilly regions adorned with rocks and sparse shrubbery, found across broader geographical regions with Mediterranean climates. These birds prefer arid or semi-arid zones, particularly during the breeding season. In winter, cinereous Bunting often descends to open country and coastal lowlands, favoring rocky desert foothills, semi-deserts with minimal grass cover, and areas marginally affected by dry farming practices where vegetation is limited.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
It breeds in southern Turkey and southern Iran, and winters around the Red Sea in north-eastern Africa and Yemen. A few isolated populations just about maintain a foothold within European borders, on islands in the Aegean Sea.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
New world sparrows Genus
Old World Buntings Species
Cinereous Bunting 
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