CIRL BUNTING

Photographed at Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

1290                     CIRL BUNTING              Emberiza cirlus

NEW ZEALAND                  115 

Uncommon European introduction. Found in dry pastures or arable farmland with scattered scrub, and pine and macrocarpa shelterbelts, mainly in Nelson and eastern South Island, especially Marlborough and Central Otago.

BLACK-FACED BUNTING

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

1011                   BLACK-FACED BUNTING                       Emberiza spodocephala  

NEPAL              75

Found in paddy fields and marshes. 15 cm. Rare and local winter visitor.

GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING

376            GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING             Emberiza flaviventris

South Africa          (69)

15-16 cm.   Ranges across eastern two-thirds of Southern Africa. Common in woodlands and moist savanna.