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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:
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:
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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Distribution by County
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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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