Perching Birds
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
Emberizidae Low risk
The corn bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This is a large bunting with heavily streaked buff-brown plumage. The sexes are similar but the male is slightly larger than the female. Its range extends from Western Europe and North Africa across to northwestern China.
Summary from Wikipedia
At a glance
Family
Emberizidae
Group
Perching Birds
Conservation status
Low risk
Similar birds
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