Buntings

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

The Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a 30 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Buntings

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

30 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

50

Recorded in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Belgium, Czechia, Poland, Russia, Estonia, Austria, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ukraine, Ireland, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Åland, Belarus, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Portugal, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Moldova, India, Israel, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Montenegro, Isle of Man, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Bosnia and Herz., China.

Where to see it: FI-SK Merikarvia · Varputie 14 (home yard) (Finland); Cēsis · Lauciņi Quarry Lake and surrounding area (Latvia); Eschefelder Teiche (NSG) (Germany); Kaarina · Littoinen, Lähteenmäki (Finland); Goloskiv (Ukraine).

Photo: (c) joba102, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist