Black-headed Bunting
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Open scrub (vagrant).
Diet: Seeds.
Best time to spot: Male's gold body; black head.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Black-faced Bunting · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
- Chestnut Bunting · Open woodland (extreme vagrant)
- Yellow-throated Bunting · Open woodland (extreme vagrant)
- Little Bunting · Coastal scrub (autumn passage)
- Pallas's Bunting · Marsh scrub (very rare)
- Pine Bunting · Stubble (very rare vagrant)
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