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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 20 g
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This bird is smaller than ortolan. The breeding male has a grey head with orange moustaches. The upperparts are brown and heavily streaked, except on the rump, and the underparts are rusty orange. The stout bill is pink. Females and young birds have a weaker head pattern, and are more similar to ortolans. They can be distinguished by the warm brown rump and white eye-ring.
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When to see the Cretzschmar's Bunting
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Cretzschmar's Bunting
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 7 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Norway, United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, France, Netherlands, Albania.
About the Cretzschmar's Bunting
Cretzschmar's bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
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Easily confused with
Crested BuntingEmberiza lathamiMales have a prominent crest, yellowish beak, black body plumage contrasting with the rufous flight feathers of the wing and tail.
House BuntingEmberiza sahariThe house bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasiPallas's reed bunting is a small passerine bird, similar to a small reed bunting and possesses a small granivore-type bill.
Side by side: Crested Bunting vs Cretzschmar's Bunting · Cretzschmar's Bunting vs Pallas's Reed Bunting
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