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Black-Headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

136Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May29
Jun42
Jul23
Aug3
Sep28
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —37
2East Riding of Yorkshire England35
3Norfolk England19
4Isles of Scilly England8
5Suffolk England5
6Gwynedd Wales5
7Highland Scotland4
8Orkney Islands Scotland4
9Dorset England3
10Carmarthenshire Wales2
11Pembrokeshire Wales1
12East Lothian Scotland1
82 England46 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
136
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Emberiza melanocephala
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Emberiza
Name with authority
Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, 1769
Described
1769

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q334183 · GBIF 9613112