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Corn bunting

Emberiza calandra

32,362Records since 2000
MayPeak month
74Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,422
Feb1,745
Mar2,639
Apr4,322
May6,122
Jun4,721
Jul3,407
Aug1,314
Sep797
Oct1,241
Nov1,346
Dec1,370

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England5,974
2Kent England2,643
3East Riding of Yorkshire England2,263
4Essex England1,891
5Oxfordshire England1,498
6Lincolnshire England1,315
7Thurrock England1,246
8Dorset England1,114
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland549
10North Yorkshire England529
11Aberdeenshire Scotland455
12Fife Scotland423
13Suffolk England376
14Salford England348
15West Berkshire England296
30,479 England1,871 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
32,362
Peak month
May
Counties with records
74
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Emberiza calandra
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
24,158
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Emberiza
Name with authority
Emberiza calandra Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27220 · GBIF 7634625