Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla [Pallas, 1776] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
LJ, LITBU
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EURING No: 18740 | |
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Number in Britain:
29 records/year
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 22 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 17 g
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Scientific name from:
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old German: embritz=bunting and L.: pusillus=very small |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: south to w&s Europe, s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Taiga |
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Diet:
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Seeds, also invertebrates in breeding season |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
1864
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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 |
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Spanish:
Escribano pigmeo
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Swedish: Dvärgsparv |
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