Cretzschmar's Bunting

It breeds in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the coastal countries along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean. It is migratory, wintering in the Sudan. It is a very rare wanderer to western Europe.

The Cretzschmar's Bunting is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the coastal countries along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean. It is migratory, wintering in the Sudan. It is a very rare wanderer to western Europe. Cretzschmar's Bunting breeds on sunny open hillsides, with some bushes. More

Cretzschmar's Bunting (Adult Male) - Common Migrant in April (so thi guy is a bit early). More

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Cretzschmar's Bunting – an eastern Mediterranean speciality found on Lesvos - Greece – Lesvos tour prices * Total price: £1175 * Air price only : £200 * Ground price: £975 * Single supplement: £115 * Deposit: £250 * Non-birding package available for partners: £695 Link to Universal Currency Converter - www.xe. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Cretzschmar's Bunting is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. More

Cretzschmar's Bunting, Orkney, North Ronaldsay 20/9/08 © alan lewis Thanks for all on North Ronaldsay for a great day Cretzschmar's Bunting - Cretzschmar's Bunting, Orkney, North Ronaldsay 21.9. More

Cretzschmar's Bunting song in afternoon Emberiza caesia (0:40) Stuart Fisher XC28234 03-05-2007, Turkey page 1 © 2005-2010 Xeno-canto Foundation. Colophon & credits | Terms of use | Contact National Museum of Natural History Naturalis BirdLife International All recordings are copyrighted by their recordists and appear here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. Website best viewed in Mozilla Firefox, at a 1024x768+ resolution. More