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Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
| Armenian Name: | Սևագլուխ դրախտապան |
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See Plate 54 for Black-headed Bunting and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 16-17 cm, Wing Span:26-30 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 311. |
| Description: | Dark outertail feathers. |
| Adult: | Males have black head, brown-red upperparts, blackish wings, and yellow underparts. Female is brown-gray above and variably pale yellow below. |
| Juvenile: | Paler and streaked with pale yellow undertail coverts. |
| Similar Species: | Juveniles and females differ from all other buntings by yellow undertail coverts. |
| Behavior: | Males sing repeatedly from prominent perch. |
| Habitat: | Open scrub from semidesert to subalpine meadows. |
| Food: | Invertebrates, seeds. |
| Nest: | Loose cup of grass on the ground, in low shrub, or rarely in tree. |
| Eggs: | 22 mm, 3-5, pale blue, dark spots. |
