Buntings

Cretzschmar's Bunting

Emberiza caesia

The Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia) is a 20 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It migrates.

Family: Buntings
Order: Passeriformes
Weight: 20 g
Habitat: Shrubland
Diet: Omnivore
Migration: Migrant
Countries recorded: 16

Recorded in Israel, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Sweden, Jordan, Netherlands, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Lebanon, Norway, Sudan, United Kingdom, Syria.

Where to see it: Kokhav Hashakhar NP כוכב השחר (Palestine); Kfar Adumim כפר אדומים (Palestine); Paphos (Πάφος) Headland (Cyprus); Susiya סוסיא (Palestine); Beirut · waterfront (Lebanon).