Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: Emberiza bruniceps
Name
Emberiza bruniceps Brandt, 1841
Synonyms
Emberiza icterica
Emberiza brunniceps, Henry Constantine Richter
References
Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 9 col.12
Vernacular names
català: Sit cara-roig
English: Red-headed Bunting
Esperanto: Brunkapa emberizo
español: Escribano carirrojo
euskara: Berdantza musugorri
suomi: Ruskopääsirkku
français: Bruant à tête rousse
galego: Escribenta carivermella
norsk: Brunhodespurv
svenska: Stäppsparv
Türkçe: Kızıl başlı kiraz kuşu
The red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
It breeds in central Asia-Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia; Russian Federation (European Russia, Central Asian Russia), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. It is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh. Its status in western Europe, where it is a potential vagrant, is confused by escapes, especially as this species is more commonly recorded than the closely related black-headed bunting, despite the latter having a more westerly breeding range. Reports in Britain have declined dramatically over recent years, coinciding with the decline in Asiatic imports for the cage-bird trade.
The red-headed bunting breeds in open scrubby areas including agricultural land. It lays three to five eggs in a nest in a tree or bush. Its natural food consists of seeds, or when feeding young, insects.
This bird is 17 cm long, larger than reed bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, green upperparts and a brownish-red face and breast.
The female is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a greyish head. The juvenile is similar, and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of black-headed bunting.
The song, given from a high perch, is a jerky sweet-sweet-churri-churri-churri.
Gallery
Painting
Eggs of Emberiza bruniceps MHNT
Cuculus canorus canorus in a clutch of Emberiza bruniceps MHNT
References
BirdLife International (2012). "Emberiza bruniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Buntings and Sparrows by Byers, Olsson and Curson, ISBN 1-873403-19-4
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