Rock bunting / Zippammer (Emberiza cia)

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Wikipedia: Rock bunting Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Rock_Bunting_%28Cochem%29.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Buntings (Emberiza); Tribe Emberizini (Emberizini); Subfamily Emberizinae (Emberizinae); Family Fringillidae (Fringillidae)
General:The rock bunting (Emberiza cia) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. [more]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 05-01 - 09-07
Migration in: 03-01 - 05-01
Migration out: 09-28 - 11-26
More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=16 cm, wingspan=21-27 cm, weight=21-29 g
Habitats: Mountain

Vocalisation

Song: AppearanceAndIdentification: orange-brauner bauch, weisse brust+kopf mit 3 schwarzen streifen am kopf (unter/am/über Augen), braun+dunkelbraun auf Flügeln; aber Weibchen eher braun
Song: Notes from 2022: Short song, relatively long pause, repeated with slight variation? Has a very short triller of just 3 notes.
May have heard and seen one walking parallel to the Aa on the way to Pfaeffikersee today, though the visual ID is very uncertain; the Xeno-Canto song here sounds different than my 2022 description - musical like a chaffinch but rising, not falling.
Song:Song variable, but usually distinct. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, fast, Frequency: 2-9 KHz Special sounds: trill, mimicry
XC653755 - Rock Bunting - Emberiza cia - song, recorded in Spain. Spain



Mallorca 2022-04-10 14:37:37 Singers: Cirl bunting, European serin, Rock bunting
♫ 2022-04-10 14:37:37 Source: BirdNet 20220410_143737 birdnet - Zaunammer, eventuell auch Girlitz, Zippammer - Zaunammer.mp3 Mallorca (song?)