Grey-necked Bunting

Emberiza buchanani

(E. b. cerrutii)

Armenian Name:	Ժայռային դրախտապան
Species Status:	Undetermined Species - Species of Special Concern

See Plate 54 for Grey-necked Bunting and other similar species

Resident Status:	Breeding bird
Abundance:	Rare
Length:	15-16 cm, Wing Span:24-27 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 309.
Adult:	Blue-gray head, pale yellowish-white eyering, yellowish throat and mustache; underparts pale brown-orange with paler mottling. Female is duller and faintly streaked.
Juvenile:	Brown-gray, finely streaked above; whitish mustache and throat.
Similar Species:	Adult differs from adult Ortolan Bunting by mottled breast lacking gray band. Juvenile differs from juvenile Ortolan by whitish mustache.
Behavior:	Flies to springs to drink and bathe.
Habitat:	Arid rocky mountain slopes.
Food:	Seeds, some invertebrates.
Nest:	Loose cup of dry plants on ground under overhanging rocks.
Eggs:	20 mm, 5-6, white, brown and black spots.