Emberiza pusilla

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: Emberiza pusilla
Name

Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776
References

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Vernacular names
български: Малка овесарка
brezhoneg: Brean korr
català: Repicatalons petit
čeština: Strnad malinký
dansk: Dværgværling
Deutsch: Zwergammer
English: Little Bunting
español: Escribano pigmeo
euskara: Berdantza txiki
suomi: Pikkusirkku
français: Bruant nain
galego: Escribenta pigmea
magyar: Törpesármány
italiano: Zigolo minore
日本語: コホオアカ
한국어: 쇠붉은뺨멧새
lietuvių: Mažoji starta
Nederlands: Dwerggors
norsk nynorsk: Dvergsporv
norsk: Dvergspurv
polski: Trznadelek
português: Escrevedeira-pigmeia
русский: Овсянка-крошка
саха тыла: Ыарҕа татыйыга
српски / srpski: Mala strnadica
svenska: Dvärgsparv
中文: 小鹀

The little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) is a passerine bird belonging to the bunting family (Emberizidae).
Taxonomy

First described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776, the little bunting is a monotypic species,[2] with no geographical variation across its extensive Palearctic range.[3]

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific pusilla is Latin for "very small".[4]
Description

This is a small bunting, measuring only 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length.[2] 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.
Ecology

The little bunting breeds across the taiga of the far north-east of Europe and northern Eurosiberia to the Russian Far East. It is migratory, wintering in the subtropics in northern India, southern China and the northern parts of south-east Asia.[3] The birds remain in their winter quarters for quite long; specimens were taken in Yunnan in late March.[5] It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.[3] This species is adaptable; in the mountains of Bhutan for example, where small numbers winter, it is typically found in an agricultural habitat, mostly between 1,000 and 2,000 metres (3,300 and 6,600 ft) ASL.[6]

It breeds in open coniferous woodland, often with some birch or willow. Four to six eggs are laid in a tree nest. Its natural food consists of seeds, or when feeding young, insects.
Little Bunting.

A common and widely-ranging species, it is not considered threatened on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References

BirdLife International (2017). "Emberiza pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22720954A111137474. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22720954A111137474.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Byers, Olsson & Curson (1995), p. 154.
Byers, Olsson & Curson (1995), p. 156.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 145, 325. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Bangs, Outram (1932). "Birds of western China obtained by the Kelley-Roosevelts expedition". Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 18 (11): 343–379.

Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim; Sherub (2000). "The ornithological importance of Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan" (PDF). Forktail. 16: 147–162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

Cited works
Byers, Clive; Olsson, Urban; Curson, Jon (1995). Buntings and Sparrows: A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows. Mountfield, East Sussex, UK: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-19-4.