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Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

547Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr29
May28
Jun89
Jul0
Aug40
Sep221
Oct139
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England122
2Shetland Islands —90
3North Yorkshire England87
4East Riding of Yorkshire England40
5Norfolk England39
6Dorset England27
7Essex England23
8Suffolk England17
9Cornwall England13
10Devon England10
11Kent England9
12Gwynedd Wales8
13Orkney Islands Scotland6
14Surrey England3
15Pembrokeshire Wales3
432 England97 Scotland17 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
547
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Emberiza hortulana
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Emberiza
Name with authority
Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q206630 · GBIF 2491482