4,846 observationsLeast Concern
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Aves ›Order: Passeriformes ›Family: Emberizidae ›Genus: Emberiza
About
The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana) or ortolan bunting, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific hortulana is from the Italian name, ortolana, for this bird. The English Ortolan is derived from Middle French hortolan, "gardener".