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Corn bunting

The Corn Bunting(Miliaria calandra) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.This is an unusual bunting because the sexes appear similar in plumage, although the males are approximately 20% larger than females. This large bulky bunting is 16-19cm long, has male and female plumages similar, and lacks the showy male colours, especially on the head, common in the genus Emberiza. Both sexes look something like larks, with streaked grey-brown above, and whitish underparts.
It breeds across southern and central Europe, north Africa and Asia across to Kazahkstan. It is mainly resident, but some birds from colder regions of central Europe and Asia migrate southwards in winter.Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.


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Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)juv.
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)juv.
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)
Corn Bunting (Emberizaa Calandra)