Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
OB, ORTBU
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EURING No: 18660 | |
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Number in Britain:
71 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 22 g
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Scientific name from:
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old German: embritz=bunting and Italian: hortulane=ortolan bunting |
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World Distribution:
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Europe (except n), wc Asia, WINTERS: south to n Africa, Arabia |
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Habitat:
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Scrub, farmland, towns |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, also seeds |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
1776
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
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1996-2001
Not Assessed
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
3.7 to 11 million pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I), Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
20 x 15 mm
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Egg Weight: 2.5 g (of which 6 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
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Incubation:
11- 12 days
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by the: Female |
Fledging:
12 - 13days
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Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
1
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Ring Size:
A
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Bras y Gerrdi |
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Danish:
Hortulan
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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 |
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Spanish:
Escribano hortelano
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Swedish: Ortolansparv |
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