Listen to the Corn bunting
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About the Corn bunting
The Corn bunting is a bird in the family Emberizidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 29 cm.
What does the Corn bunting sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This is a large bunting with heavily streaked buff-brown plumage. The sexes are similar but the male is slightly larger than the female. Its range extends from Western Europe and North Africa across to northwestern China.
Related birds in the genus Emberiza
More from the family Emberizidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Corn bunting sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Corn bunting on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Corn bunting endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Corn bunting as “least concern”.
What family does the Corn bunting belong to?
The Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) (W1CDR0001392 BD1) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Ins, Switzerland by Pascal Christe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27220 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Corn bunting – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Steve Riall – CC BY 2.0