Perching Birds
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Emberizidae Low risk
The ortolan, also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Alemannic German Embritz, a bunting. The specific name hortulana is from the Italian name for this bird, ortolana. The English ortolan is derived from Middle French hortolan, "gardener".
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Family
Emberizidae
Group
Perching Birds
Conservation status
Low risk
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