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Rustic Bunting

A species of Old World Buntings
Scientific name : Emberiza rustica Genus : Old World Buntings

Rustic Bunting, A species of Old World Buntings
Botanical name: Emberiza rustica
Genus: Old World Buntings
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) Photo By Gin tonic , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

The rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific rustica is Latin for "rustic, simple". It breeds across the northern Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering in south-east Asia, Japan, and eastern China. It is a rare wanderer to western Europe. It breeds in wet coniferous woodland. Four to six eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or on the ground. Its natural food consists of seeds, and when feeding young, insects. This bird is similar in size to a reed bunting. It has white underparts with reddish flank, pink legs and a pink lower mandible. The summer male has a black head with a white throat and supercilium and a reddish breast band. The female has a heavily streaked brown back and brown face with a whitish supercilium. She resembles a female reed bunting, but has the reddish flank streaks, a chestnut nape and a pink, not grey, lower mandible. The call is a distinctive zit, and the song is a melancholic delee-deloo-delee.
Size
15-15 cm (5.75-6 in)
Colors
Brown
Black
Bronze
White
Feeding Habits
Rustic Bunting primarily consumes seeds and insects, employing ground foraging techniques for its varied diet. Unique adaptations include preference for dense underbrush when feeding.
Habitat
Rustic Bunting predominantly inhabit wet coniferous woodlands in broad geographic regions like the Siberian taiga. Ideal environments include swampy lowland spruce or pine forests interspersed with deciduous trees such as birches and willows. Habitats also feature riverbank scrubs and Sphagnum bogs, often with underbrush composed of horsetail and berry bushes. In optimal habitats, such as swamp forests along rivers, they are associated with beaver dams, which create suitable swampy conditions. Seasonal temperature variations influence habitat preference with colder springs leading to the selection of more open areas, while warmer conditions favor humid floodplains. During the non-breeding season, rustic Bunting can also be found in dry forests, riverine scrubs, and even agricultural land margins.
Dite type
Granivorous

General Info

Feeding Habits

Bird Feeder Type
Platform

Species Status

VULNERABLE
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) Photo By Gin tonic , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

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