Buntings

Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

The Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) is a 20 g scrub bird that eats a bit of everything. It migrates.

Family

Buntings

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

20 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

50

Recorded in Sweden, France, Spain, Finland, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Kuwait, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Palestine, Romania, Armenia, Ethiopia, Italy, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Åland, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Jordan, Croatia, Benin, Czechia, China, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Oman, Egypt, Qatar, Moldova, Morocco, Belarus.

Where to see it: TM-Ashgabat hills by Yyldyz Hotel (Turkmenistan); Mt Aragats (Արագած) Summit Road (Armenia); (45,035, 34,189) (Ukraine); Repetek reserve (Turkmenistan); Mutla'a Ranch (Kuwait).

Photo: (c) Julia Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist