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| Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola [Pallas, 1773] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 18760 | |
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Number in Britain:
5 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
aureola recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 22 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 22 g
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Scientific name from:
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old German: embritz=bunting and L.: aureoulus=golden-coloured |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Finland, n Asia, WINTERS: se Asia |
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Habitat:
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Damp scrub |
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Diet:
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Seeds esp. grasses, also invertebrates in breeding season |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Norfolk, 1905
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
217
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
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Fife
(1999),
Highland
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Outer Hebrides
(2000),
Orkney
(2003),
Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Durham
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Northumberland
(2003),
East Yorkshire
(2000),
North Yorkshire
(1996),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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English Midlands:
No Records
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2002),
Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(2002),
Suffolk
(1999),
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South-east England:
Kent
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South-west England:
Devon
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Dorset
(2003),
Somerset
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Isles of Scilly
(2003),
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Wales:
Gwynedd
(1973),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Bras Bronfelen |
| Danish: Gulbrystet værling | Dutch: Wilgegors |
| Finnish: Kultasirkku | French: Bruant auréole |
| German: Weidenammer | Hungarian: Réti sármány |
| Icelandic: Víðitittlingur | Irish: Gealóg Bhroinnbhuí |
| Italian: Zigolo dal collare | Norwegian: Sibirspurv |
| Polish: Trznadel zlotawy | Portuguese: Escrevedeira-aureolada |
| Spanish: Escribano aureolado | Swedish: Gyllensparv |
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Wikipedia entry
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