Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana   [Linnaeus, 1758]

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Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
BTO Codes: OB, ORTBU EURING No: 18660
Number in Britain: 71 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: 2 Concern, most in Europe; Depleted
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Passage Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 26 cm Weight: M/F: 22 g    
Scientific name from: old German: embritz=bunting and Italian: hortulane=ortolan bunting
World Distribution: Europe (except n), wc Asia, WINTERS: south to n Africa, Arabia
Habitat: Scrub, farmland, towns
Diet: Invertebrates, also seeds

Population and Distribution

Population Trend: No population trend available
Distribution: Atlas Maps    (Local Atlases)   
British Population Size:
    Passage: 71 individuals
    First Record: 1776
    Conservation Status:
   Previous Assessments: 2002-2007 Not Assessed     1996-2001 Not Assessed  
   Races of Concern:
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
    Summer: 3.7 to 11 million pairs   (Trend in Numbers)
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I), Bern(III)
Survey Results:

Breeding and Survival

Egg Size: 20 x 15 mm Egg Weight: 2.5 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records: 0
Clutch Size: 4 - 5 eggs
Incubation: 11- 12 days   by the: Female
Fledging: 12 - 13days as: Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid: Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods: 1
Number Ringed: 1 (Annual Totals)
Adult Survival: No data
Juvenile Survival: No data
Age at First Breeding: Typical Lifespan: No data
Maximum Recorded Age: Too few birds ringed
Summary of Ringing Recoveries       

Biometrics

Ring Size: A
Wing Length Adult: Insufficient Data
Juvenile: Insufficient Data
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data
Weight Adult: Insufficient Data
Juvenile: Insufficient Data
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data

Other Names

 
Gaelic: Welsh: Bras y Gerrdi
Danish: Hortulan Dutch: Ortolaan
Finnish: Peltosirkku French: Bruant ortolan
German: Ortolan Hungarian: Kerti sármány
Icelandic: Dultittlingur Irish: Gealóg Gharraí
Italian: Ortolano Norwegian: Hortulan
Polish: Ortolan Portuguese: Sombria
Spanish: Escribano hortelano Swedish: Ortolansparv

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