Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)

Other Names (World)
Cinereous Bunting, Grey-headed Bunting, Gray-headed Bunting, Ashy-headed Bunting

Family
Emberizidae (Old World Buntings)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Brehm, 1855

Habitat
Breeds on dry rocky slopes and uplands with shrubby vegetation and sometimes conifers. Winters in dry open country with short grass, semi-desert, low rocky hills, bare cultivated land and dry scrub, often in coastal areas, lowland agricultural land and semi-deserts. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahrain (P), Cyprus (P), Egypt (P), Eritrea (NB), Greece (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (P), Israel (P), Jordan (P), Kuwait (P), Lebanon (P), Palestinian Authority Territories (P), Qatar (P), Saudi Arabia (P), Sudan (P), Syrian Arab Republic (P), Turkey (B), United Arab Emirates (P), Yemen (NB).

Vagrant to Denmark, Norway, Oman (P), Tunisia, Uzbekistan.

Unknown to Afghanistan, Ethiopia.

Population
Estimated population is 5,400 - 15,800 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) [XC176939]
by Stephan Risch from Ipsilou Monastery, Greece (song)

Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) [XC373458]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Ipsilou Monastery, Greece (song)

Subspecies
Forms a species group with Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) and Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia). Observations of apparent intermediate individuals on passage indicates that subspecies intergrade in some unknown part of range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cineracea Brehm, 1855 - Breeds south-western Turkey and adjacent eastern Greek islands of Skyros, Lesbos and Chios. Winters in Sudan, Eritrea and southern Saudi Arabia.
semenowi Zarudny, 1904 - Breeds south-eastern Turkey and south-western Iran; probably winters south-western Arabia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) - 10 files

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