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Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

1,835Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
30Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan132
Feb169
Mar296
Apr113
May14
Jun2
Jul0
Aug0
Sep270
Oct634
Nov84
Dec121

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —478
2Surrey England223
3Isles of Scilly England182
4East Riding of Yorkshire England136
5Norfolk England76
6Cornwall England63
7Lincolnshire England42
8Orkney Islands Scotland41
9Kent England27
10Bedford England24
11Dorset England17
12Isle of Anglesey Wales15
13Cambridgeshire England12
14North Yorkshire England9
15Kirklees England9
1,262 England527 Scotland46 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,835
Peak month
October
Counties with records
30
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Emberiza pusilla
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
159
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Emberiza
Name with authority
Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q216855 · GBIF 2491544