#0943 · 🐦 birds

Ortolan Bunting

🇳🇱 Ortolaan ·Emberiza hortulana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Tânia Araújo · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
6. © Kutushev Radik · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Полина Яковлевна Нехаева (Лихачева) · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © thierry05 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

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".

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,990iNaturalist observations
weight 2.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).