Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

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The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) 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 schoeniclus is from Ancient Greek skhoiniklos, a now unknown waterside bird.

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  1. (c) Mark Kilner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/markkilner/5577204770/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emberiza_schoeniclus

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