Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 5,234
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The rock bunting (Emberiza cia) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific cia is from a local Italian name for this bird, from zirlare, "to chirp".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rock bunting”.