Rock bunting
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For the rock bunting of the Afrotropics, see cinnamon-breasted bunting.
The rock bunting (Emberiza cia) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
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Rock bunting | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Genus: | Emberiza |
Species: | E. cia |
Binomial name | |
Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Range of E. cia Breeding Resident Non-breeding |
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The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific cia is from a local Italian name for this bird, from zirlare, "to chirp".[2]