Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephalaScopoli, GA, 1769
English (US) Black-headed Bunting
The Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) 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: breeds south-central Eurasia; winters to IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza melanocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Bunting
- Described by
- Scopoli, GA, 1769
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Scopoli, GA, 1769
- Type locality
- Carniola, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.142
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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