Latin Etymology: Emberiza ("bunting") cirlus (ultimately derived via Italian from zirlare; "to chirp")
Adult male Cirl Bunting (subspecies E. c. cirlus) at Roseland Penninsula, Cornwall - July 2019
Featured Subspecies: Emberiza cirlus cirlus
Weight: 21-27g / Length: 15.5cm / Wingspan: 22-25.5cm
UK RED LIST / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
It is an established trend that farmland birds have suffered from industrialisation the most, and the Cirl Bunting is a prime example; once a widely spread resident of the UK, modern farming techniques utterly crashed it's population, restricting it solely to a stretch of the South Devon Coast where it remains largely restricted to this day. There is some small good news however; a reintroduced population in South Cornwall seems to be doing well, which is where I caught some distant views of them. The population on the continent is far healthier, and is widely distributed around the Mediteranean.
Related Species:
Order:PasseriformesFamily: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
SUBSPECIES: E. c. cirlus, E. c. nigrostriata
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A rare resident with a very restricted range.
- Several birds seen on the Roseland Penninsula in 2019.
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