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Escribano montesino

0 % Crop. Rock Bunting

Medium-size but relatively slim bunting, with long, thin tail contributing to more attenuated outline than any other congener. Shares rufous-buff ground-color to plumage with five other Emberiza, best distinguished by rather small, lead-colored bill, strong head pattern of blackish crown-stripes and complete black surround to ear-coverts on greyish ground, and strongly rufous rump. Terrestrial, rarely far from rocks. One call distinctive. Sexes dissimilar, some seasonal variation in male.

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Uploaded on April 30, 2017
Taken on April 26, 2017