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Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
BTO Codes: , RUSBU EURING No: 18730
Number in Britain: 9 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 23 cm Weight: M/F: 20 g    
Scientific name from: old German: embritz=bunting and L.: rusticus=rural
World Distribution: BREEDS: ne Europe, n Asia, WINTERS: China & Japan
Habitat: Taiga, wet woodland
Diet: Mostly seeds, insects and spiders in breeding season, often in damp or marshy places
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Records and Distribution
First Record: 1867
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 422 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: May, September/October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1987), Borders (1997), Fife (1999), Highland (1991), Lothian (2002), Northeast (1905), Outer Hebrides (2003), Orkney (2003), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2000), Durham (2000), Northumberland (1999), East Yorkshire (2000), North Yorkshire (2001), South Yorkshire (1958),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: Worcestershire (1987),
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire , Essex (1966), Hertfordshire , Lincolnshire , Norfolk (2001), Suffolk (1996),
   South-east England: Hampshire (1992), Kent , Greater London , Surrey (1993), East Sussex (2002), West Sussex (1991),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2000), Devon (1997), Dorset (1998), Wiltshire (2004), Isles of Scilly (2003),
   Wales: Ceredigion (1997), Clwyd (2000), Gwynedd (1997), Pembrokeshire (1987),
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Bras Gwledig
Danish: Pileværling Dutch: Bosgors
Finnish: Pohjansirkku French: Bruant rustique
German: Waldammer Hungarian: Erdei sármány
Icelandic: Hrístittlingur Irish: Gealóg Thuathúil
Italian: Zigolo boschereccio Norwegian: Vierspurv
Polish: Trznadel czubaty Portuguese: Escrevedeira-rústica
Spanish: Escribano rústico Swedish: Videsparv
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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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