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Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

 (L 5.8")

Mossø Lake,

Skandeborg

06Jun2010

Then my dial goes not true; I look
this lark for a bunting.

      (William Shakespeare,

        All‘s Well That Ends Well)

Form flocks outside of breeding
season...European and Asian but
also breed in the Aleutian Islands.

Emberiza is an old German name for
bunting; schoeniclus in Greek is a small
waterside bird mentioned by Aristotle.

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