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| Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala [Scopoli, 1769] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Emberizidae |
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BTO Codes:
, BLHBU
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EURING No: 18810 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 28 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 29 g
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Scientific name from:
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old German: embritz=bunting and Gr.: melas=black + kephalos=head |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: se Europe, sw Asia, WINTERS: southeast to India |
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Habitat:
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Scrub, open woodland |
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Diet:
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Seeds, also invertebrates in breeding season, often in cultivated areas |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
East Sussex, 1868
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
165
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(2000),
Ayrshire
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Fife
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Highland
(2003),
Lothian
(2002),
Outer Hebrides
(2003),
Orkney
(2000),
Shetland
(2001),
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North-east England:
Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2000),
West Yorkshire
(1998),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(2002),
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
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Nottinghamshire
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Warwickshire
(2004),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
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Essex
(1998),
Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(1979),
Suffolk
(2002),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
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Isle of Wight
(1994),
Kent
(1997),
Greater London
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East Sussex
(1994),
West Sussex
(2003),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Devon
(2000),
Dorset
(2000),
Somerset
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Isles of Scilly
(1997),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(2001),
Ceredigion
(1987),
Gwynedd
(2000),
Pembrokeshire
(2004),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Bras Penddu |
| Danish: Hćttevćrling | Dutch: Zwartkopgors |
| Finnish: Mustapääsirkku | French: Bruant mélanocéphale |
| German: Kappenammer | Hungarian: Kucsmás sármány |
| Icelandic: Hettutittlingur | Irish: Gealóg Cheanndubh |
| Italian: Zigolo capinero | Norwegian: Svarthodespurv |
| Polish: Trznadel czarnoglowy | Portuguese: Escrevedeira-de-cabeça-preta |
| Spanish: Escribano cabecinegro | Swedish: Svarthuvad sparv |
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| See Also: |
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Wikipedia entry
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