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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: Unlisted
European: 2 Concern, most in Europe; Depleted
Global: Least Concern
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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
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Population and Distribution
Population Trend: No population trend available
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British Population Size:
    Passage: 71 individuals
    First Record: 1776
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
    Summer: 3.7 to 11 million pairs
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
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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 - 13 days as: Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid: Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods: 1

Number Ringed: 1
Adult Survival: No data Juvenile Survival: No data
Age at First Breeding: Typical Lifespan: No data
Maximum Recorded Age: Too few birds ringed
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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
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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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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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