Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLinnaeus, C, 1766
English (US) Cirl Bunting
The Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Emberizidae (Old World Buntings) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northwestern Africa (Morocco eastward to northwestern Tunisia); southwestern England (formerly also Wales); southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula and France eastward to Romania and western and northern Türkiye, also the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Crete; introduced New ZealandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza cirlus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cirl Bunting
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
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Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
- Type locality
- southern Europe.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.311
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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