Features& Description
The Reed Bunting, Latin for “Emberiza schoeniclus”, is a small reedbed bird with a wingspan of 25 cm.
The male has an all-black head in the breeding season, with a black throat running down to the breast, and a white collar around the nape of the neck, rising to the base of the bill.
The plumage is mainly brown and buffy-white, with dark stripes and white tail sides.
Females are predominantly beige, with a gray belly streaked with more pronounced brown spots than males. She also has a white moustache.
Habitat(Biotope)
The Reed Bunting is, as its name suggests, a reedbed bird, but it also frequents wetland scrub and tall rushes.
Behavior& habits
The Reed Bunting is fairly easy to spot during the breeding season, as it perches on the tops of reeds or bushes to sing.
Generally a rather discreet species, it quickly hides under cover in the vegetation in the event of an alarm.
Its flight is irregular and undulating.
Reproductionand immature
The Reed Bunting builds its nest on the ground with twigs, hair and horsehair.
There are 2 clutches of 4 to 5 eggs, which hatch after 2 weeks.
Cryor Voice
The Reed Bunting is an assiduous singer, uttering a simple, short, generally quiet stanza, a few sharp, rolled sounds, as if spelled out, and ending on two rapid notes “sripp, sripp, sria, srisrisirr”.
It sometimes emits short, high-pitched “zi zi …” over its territory.
Reed Bunting
Reed Bunting
