Adult (Gray-bellied) © Christoph Moning eBird S11841210 Macaulay Library ML 64791581
Adult (Yellow-bellied) © Doug Gochfeld
Adult (Yellow-bellied) © Yann Kolbeinsson
Adult (Yellow-bellied) © Yann Kolbeinsson
Immature (Gray-bellied) © Jacob Drucker
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Adult (Gray-bellied) © Dorna Mojab

Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea

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Identification

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Similar to Ortolan and Cretzschmar's Buntings. Males are faintly-streaked with a yellow-green head. Some populations have a yellow belly while others have a gray-white belly. Females and young lack bright yellow tones and are faintly streaked on the throat and breast. Belly whitish, not orange or buff like Ortolan and Cretzschmar’s Bunting. Breeds on open rocky mountain slopes with scattered bushes. During migration found in a varity of open habitats. Flight call is similar to that of Cretzschmar's Bunting, a sharp "Tzip."

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