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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
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
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
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I), Bern(III)
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
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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