Species profile
Cinereous Bunting
Emberiza cineracea
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are sc W Palearctic dry rocky hills: Lesbos and Chios (e Greece), sw, c, se Turkey, n Iraq and far nw Iran. Non breeding regions are coastal s Red Sea from ne Sudan through Eritrea and sw Arabian Pen., in dry open areas.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza cineracea
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Cinereous Bunting in your journal
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Related species in Emberizidae
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Black-Headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis)
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)