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(bŭn'tĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. A light cotton or woolen cloth used for making flags.
  2. Flags considered as a group.
  3. Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.

[Perhaps from German bunt, colored.]


bunt·ing2 (bŭn'tĭng) pronunciation
n.
Any of various birds of the family Fringillidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish or grayish plumage.

[Middle English.]


bunt·ing3 (bŭn'tĭng) pronunciation
n.
A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag of heavy material for infants.

[Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short.]


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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: bunting
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Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
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Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) (credit: E.R. Degginger/EB Inc.)
Common name for any of about 37 Old World species (genus Emberiza) of finch, as well as certain similar species found in the New World. All belong to the family Fringillidae, and many are recognizable by strongly patterned heads or bright colours. Emberiza species are seed eaters that commonly breed in temperate Eurasia and from northern Africa to India. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) breeds in the far north, and the lark bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) inhabits the U.S. Great Plains. U.S. species include the indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) and the painted bunting (P. ciris). The male painted bunting, with red, green, and blue feathers, is the most colourful bird that breeds in the U.S.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: bunting
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bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil (Passerina ciris), with showy red, blue, and green plumage; the hardy snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), whose winter plumage is white marked with light brown on the head and sides; and the lazuli bunting of the West, turquoise above with a chestnut breast and white wing bars. European buntings include the corn, snow, and cirl buntings, the yellowhammer, and the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), which is caught and fattened as a table delicacy. Buntings are also called sparrows in the United States. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Fringillidae.

Veterinary Dictionary: bunting
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A behavior of cats in which they rub or push their face against objects, probably depositing glandular secretions; a form of olfactory communication.

  • b. order — the equivalent to peck order of birds in the species that assert themselves by bunting with the head. It is the form of behavior by which Felidae establish themselves in the hierarchy of their social group.
Wikipedia: Bunting (bird)
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Buntings

Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genera

Melophus
Latoucheornis
Emberiza
Miliaria
Plectrophenax

Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae.

They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as (American) sparrows. (However, these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.)

Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped. Some emberizids are still named "finches" rather than "buntings;" and conversely, there are species retaining the name "bunting" which are now classed in the cardinal family, like the Painted and Indigo Buntings.

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Genera and species

In taxonomic order (but see Systematics section below).

The Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys is an American sparrow.

The Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is also known as Lapland Longspur, and is considered under longspurs.

Systematics

A recent paper[1] has revealed some of the internal structure of the genus Emberiza dividing it into four main clades. Despite morphological divergences the genera Latoucheornis, Miliaria and Melophus were all found to be nested within Emberiza leading the authors to propose their synonymisation with that genus.

Clade A - Emberiza species: tristrami, variabilis, chrysophrys, aureola, pusilla, rutila, rustica, sulphurata, spodocephala, schoeniclus, pallasi, yessoensis, elegans, with "Latoucheornis" siemsseni.

Clade B - Emberiza species: leucocephalos, citrinella, stewarti, cirlus, hortulana, caesia, buchanani, cia, godlewskii, cioides, jankowskii, fucata, with "Miliaria" calandra.

Clade C - Emberiza species: melanocephala, bruniceps with "Melophus" lathami.

Clade D - Emberiza species: striolata, tahapisi, impetuana, capensis, flaviventris, cabanisi.

Buntings not yet tested and therefore still to be placed in this scheme include Emberiza species koslowi & cineracea (probably in clade B), and sahari, socotrana, poliopleura, and affinis (probably in clade D).

References

  1. ^ Alström, P., Olsson, U., Lei, F., Wang, H-t., Gao, W. & Sundberg, P. Phylogeny and classification of the Old World Emberizini (Aves, Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47, pp. 960-973.

Bibliography

Buntings and Sparrows - A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows by Urban Olsson and Jon Curson, illustrated by Clive Byers (1995) ISBN 1-873403-19-4

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - værling

2.
n. - flagpynt

3.
n. - flagdug

Nederlands (Dutch)
gors, vink, versieringen (vlaggetjes etc.), vlaggendoek, slaapzak met capuchon voor baby

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Tex) étamine, drapeaux, banderoles, pavoisement

2.
n. - (Zool) bruant

3.
n. - sac de couchage (pour bébés)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (mar.) Flaggentuch, Fahnentuch

2.
n. - Ammer

3.
n. - Schlafsack

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χοντρό ύφασμα για) σημαίες, σημαιοστολισμός, (ορνιθ.) εμπέριζα, σιταρήθρα

Italiano (Italian)
zigolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tiras (f pl) coloridas de pano para enfeitar prédios, bandeiras (f pl), nome (m) comum aos pássaros do gênero Emberiza (Ornit.)

Русский (Russian)
овсянка, парадные украшения

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - lanilla (para banderas)

2.
n. - fringilino, pinzón

3.
n. - capa o saco con capucha

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sparv, flaggväv, sovpåse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 巫

2. 制旗用的布, 睡袋, 棉斗篷, 旗帜, 彩旗

3. 睡袋, 棉斗篷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 製旗用的布, 睡袋, 棉斗篷, 旗幟, 彩旗

2.
n. - 睡袋, 棉斗篷

3.
n. - 巫

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 기포

2.
n. - 멧새

3.
n. - 번팅

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 旗, 垂れ幕, おくるみ, ホオジロ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من الطيور, أعلام و لافتات ملونه لتزيين الشوارع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קישוטי רחוב, בד-דגלים‬
n. - ‮גיבתון - ציפור עם מקור חרוטי קצר ונוצות אפרפרות-חומות‬
n. - ‮לבוש מבד עבה, הדוק לגוף, עם כיסוי-ראש, לתינוקות‬

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