Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla   [Pallas, 1776]

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Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
BTO Codes: LJ, LITBU EURING No: 18740
Number in Britain: 29 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 22 cm Weight: M/F: 17 g    
Scientific name from: old German: embritz=bunting and L.: pusillus=very small
World Distribution: BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: south to w&s Europe, s Asia
Habitat: Taiga
Diet: Seeds, also invertebrates in breeding season

Records and Distribution

First Record: 1864
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Other Names

 
Gaelic: Welsh: Bras Lleiaf
Danish: Dvćrgvćrling Dutch: Dwerggors
Finnish: Pikkusirkku French: Bruant nain
German: Zwergammer Hungarian: Törpesármány
Icelandic: Dvergtittlingur Irish: Gealóg Bheag
Italian: Zigolo minore Norwegian: Dvergspurv
Polish: Trznadelek Portuguese: Escrevedeira-pigmeia
Spanish: Escribano pigmeo Swedish: Dvärgsparv

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