About the Little Bunting
The little bunting is a passerine bird belonging to the bunting family (Emberizidae).
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This is a small bunting, measuring only 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length. It has white underparts with dark streaking on the breast and sides. With its chestnut face and white malar stripe, it resembles a small female reed bunting, but has black crown stripes, a white eye-ring, and a fine dark border to the rear of its chestnut cheeks. The sexes are similar. The call is a distinctive zik, and the song is a rolling siroo-sir-sir-siroo.
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What the Little Bunting sounds like
Where the Little Bunting lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Luxembourg, Mauritania, Morocco, Serbia, North Korea, Pakistan, Romania.
When to see the Little Bunting
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisiThey weigh between 11.6 and 21 grams with a length of 13–15 centimeters.
Cape BuntingEmberiza capensisThe Cape bunting is 16 cm long.
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephalaThe black-faced 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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