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Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala   [Scopoli, 1769]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
BTO Codes: , BLHBU EURING No: 18810
Number in Britain: 3 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: 2 Concern, most in Europe; Depleted
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 28 cm Weight: M/F: 29 g    
Scientific name from: old German: embritz=bunting and Gr.: melas=black + kephalos=head
World Distribution: BREEDS: se Europe, sw Asia, WINTERS: southeast to India
Habitat: Scrub, open woodland
Diet: Seeds, also invertebrates in breeding season, often in cultivated areas
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Records and Distribution
First Record: East Sussex, 1868
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 171 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: May to October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (2005), Ayrshire (1988), Fife (1949), Highland (2007), Lothian (2002), Northeast (2005), Outer Hebrides (1998), Orkney (2003), Shetland (2006),
   North-east England: Northumberland (2004), East Yorkshire (2000), West Yorkshire (1998),
   North-west England: Lancashire (2002),
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (1967), Nottinghamshire (1976), Warwickshire (2004),
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (1993), Essex (1998), Lincolnshire (1980), Norfolk (1979), Suffolk (2002),
   South-east England: Hampshire (1993), Isle of Wight (1994), Kent (1997), Greater London (1986), East Sussex (1994), West Sussex (2003),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2000), Devon (2007), Dorset (2000), Somerset (1992), Isles of Scilly (2007),
   Wales: Anglesey (2001), Ceredigion (1987), Caernarfonshire (2006), Denbighshire (1992), 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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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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