Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
Old World Buntings (Emberizidae) · Passeriformes · Old World Buntings
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Little Bunting with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus | 128 |
| Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica | 106 |
| Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus | 19 |
| Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana | 19 |
| Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala | 18 |
Family
The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …