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Armenian Name: | Ժայռային դրախտապան |
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Species Status: | Undetermined Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 54 for Grey-necked Bunting and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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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. |