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Corn Bunting

Emberiza calandra

The Corn Bunting is a cheerful bird that loves to sing! It has a chunky body and a lovely yellowish belly. You can often find it perched on fences or singing from the tops of bushes.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Corn Bunting is a plump, streaky brown bird with a plain appearance and a short, conical bill. Both males and females look alike, lacking the distinct head patterns of other buntings. It blends well into its grassland and farmland habitats.

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Corn Bunting

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Its unique song sounds like jangling keys!

Males often mate with several females.

Their population helps show farm health.

They swallow tiny stones to aid digestion.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Corn Bunting has a unique, rattling song that sounds like jangling keys, which helps males claim territory and attract mates.

Corn Bunting can build expertly camouflaged nests directly on the ground, protecting its eggs from many predators.

Corn Bunting has a strong, conical beak that helps it efficiently crack open tough seeds for food.

Maße und Details

Länge: 16-19 cm
Flügelspannweite: 23-26 cm
Gewicht: 0.038-0.056 kg
Lebenserwartung: 2-8 Jahre
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-6
Brutzeit: 11-13 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Mainly eats seeds and grains, especially in winter, switching to insects and spiders in summer.

Altersunterschiede: Young birds (chicks) are fed protein-rich insects, while adults consume more seeds.

Hauptnahrung

Cereal grains
Weed seeds
Beetles
Caterpillars
Spiders
Grasshoppers

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Kestrels hunt small birds in open fields.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes prey on ground-nesting birds and eggs.

eats

Common Wheat

Triticum aestivum

They feed on seeds from cereal crops.

eats

Annual Meadow-grass

Poa annua

Buntings consume seeds from various common grasses.

eats

Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Adults and chicks eat these common insects.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

Gefiedert beschreibt Tiere, hauptsächlich Vögel, die ein Federkleid besitzen.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Gesang

Singende Tiere erzeugen komplexe Lautäußerungen, oft um Partner anzulocken, ihr Revier zu verteidigen oder innerhalb ihrer Art zu kommunizieren.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.