Rock Bunting
BIRDING ARAGÓNRock Bunting
Emberiza company
ES: Escribano montesino
Description
L: 15-16.5cm; W:21.5-27cm;
Brown-backed bird with black stripes; ocher underparts; grey head streaked with black on crown and cheeks. Both sexes of similar pattern and colour, but more intense in the male; bluish beak. Juveniles are dun-coloured, with mottled grey underparts; little grey covert feathers.
- Observation difficulty: Easy
- Status: Resident
- Optimal Season: Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Forest/Meadow
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PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
Tarazona y el Moncayo; Campo de Cariñena y Valdejalón
Special Protected Areas (SPA)