For details point at or click the
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla [Pallas, 1776]
Other Names
Records
Books & Links
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
Links to: Images
Videos
Sound
Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
.
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
Summary of Annual Totals
Distribution by County
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
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
BirdFacts home | BTO Home birdfacts@bto.org These data should be cited as:
© British Trust for Ornithology, | Privacy Statement
button; for sources point at the 
button
Other Names
