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bunting¹

  (bŭn'tĭng)

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.]

Any of various birds of the family Fringillidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish or grayish plumage.

[Middle English.]

A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag of heavy material for infants.

[Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short.]

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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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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.

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 mainly European 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 other emberizids are still named "finches". Similarly, there are a few species named "buntings" which are now classed in the cardinal family, like the Painted and Indigo Buntings.

Genera and species in taxonomic order

• Genus Melophus
  • Crested Bunting, Melophus lathami

• Genus Latoucheornis
  • Slaty Bunting, Latoucheornis siemsseni

• Genus Emberiza - true buntings
  • Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
  • Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos
  • Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
  • Tibetan Bunting, Emberiza koslowi
  • Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia
  • Godlewski's Bunting, Emberiza godlewskii
  • Meadow Bunting, Emberiza cioides
  • Rufous-backed Bunting, Emberiza jankowskii
  • Grey-hooded Bunting, Emberiza buchanani
  • Cinereous Bunting, Emberiza cineracea
  • Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana
  • Chestnut-breasted Bunting, Emberiza stewarti
  • Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia
  • House Bunting, Emberiza sahari
  • Striolated Bunting, Emberiza striolata
  • Lark-like Bunting, Emberiza impetuani
  • Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Emberiza tahapisi
  • Socotra Bunting, Emberiza socotrana
  • Cape Bunting, Emberiza capensis
  • Ochre-rumped Bunting, Emberiza yessoensis
  • Tristram's Bunting, Emberiza tristrami
  • Chestnut-eared Bunting, Emberiza fucata
  • Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla
  • Yellow-browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys
  • Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica
  • Yellow-throated Bunting, Emberiza elegans
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola
  • Golden-breasted Bunting, Emberiza flaviventris
  • Somali Bunting, Emberiza poliopleura
  • Brown-rumped Bunting, Emberiza affinis
  • Cabanis' Bunting, Emberiza cabanisi
  • Chestnut Bunting, Emberiza rutila
  • Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala
  • Red-headed Bunting, Emberiza bruniceps
  • Yellow Bunting, Emberiza sulphurata
  • Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala
  • Grey Bunting, Emberiza variabilis
  • Pallas' Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi
  • Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus

• Genus Miliaria
  • Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra

• Genus Plectrophenax - arctic buntings
  • Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
  • McKay's Bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus

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.

External links

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Bunting (bird)

• Bunting videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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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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