Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies :: Black-headed Bunting

Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala

Described by: Scopoli (1769)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Agia Sotira, Kozani, Greece - Aug, 2003 © Nick Kontonicolas  Lesvos Island, Greece - May, 2003 © Ben van den Broek  Greece - May, 2001 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Syria - Apr 27, 2006 © Aurélien Audevard  Syria - Apr 27, 2006 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

Se. Europe from se. Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, s. Bulgaria and s. Romania, Crete, and Cyprus e. through Turkey, Near East to n. Iraq, w. and s. Iran n. to s. Russia between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea including Caucasus and Transcaucasus.
Occasionally to China and n. and c. India.
Winters s. to India.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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