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 Island, North Aegean Region, Greece (ssp cineracea)
Christian Dortu 3 May 2006 6 years ago 30 sec 2.8
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Adult
Locality Ypsilou Monastery, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Paul Cools 4 May 2009 30 weeks ago 4.5 -
on a branch, spring migration
Locality Susita, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 28 March 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Adult
Locality Ypsilou Monastery, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Paul Cools 5 May 2009 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
male pearched on a rock
Locality Susita, Golan Heights, Israel (ssp cineracea)
Lior Kislev 25 March 2012 1 year ago 4 -
feamle pearhced in a tree
Locality Wadi Samak, Golan Heights, Israel (ssp cineracea)
Lior Kislev 4 April 2012 1 year ago 4
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A male singing. Locality Ypsilou Monastery, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
(ssp cineracea)
Christian Dortu 3 May 2006 19 weeks ago 4
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