Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) - HBW 16, p. 516
French: Bruant cendré
German: Türkenammer
Spanish: Escribano Cinéreo
Other common names: Grey-headed/Ashy-headed Bunting
Taxonomy: Emberiza cineracea C. L. Brehm, 1855, Izmir, Turkey.
Forms a species group with E. buchanani, E. hortulana and E. caesia. Observations of apparent intermediate individuals on passage indicates that races intergrade in some unknown part of range. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cineracea C. L. Brehm, 1855 - breeds SW Turkey and adjacent E Greek islands of Skyros, Lesbos and Chios; winters in Sudan, Eritrea and S Saudi Arabia.
- semenowi Zarudny, 1904 - breeds SE Turkey and SW Iran; probably winters SW Arabia.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird singing Locality Ypsilou Monastery, Lesbos, Greece (ssp cineracea)
Christian Dortu 3 May 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 2.2
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on a branch, spring migration
Locality Susita, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 28 March 2009 1 year ago 4.4
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