Cirl Bunting

Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus, 1766

Cirl Bunting, Emberiza cirlus, is a bunting of the Palearctic and Africa, breeding in scrubby woodland across southern Europe, the Mediterranean islands and north Africa. Its range includes far southern England, France, southern Germany east to southern Romania, and also southern Iberia and coastal Morocco to Tunisia, with populations on the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete and coastal western, northern and north-western Turkey. Outside the breeding season it moves to nearby fields. It is a resident in these warmer parts of its range.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Emberizidae — Buntings

Breeding range

Palearctic, Africa: s temperate to subtropical w Palearctic scrubby woodlands: far s England, France, s Germany e through s Romania; in s to Iberian Pen. and coastal Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa), Mediterranean including Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and coastal w, n Turkey

Nonbreeding range

to nearby fields