Rustic Bunting
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal scrub (very rare).
Diet: Seeds.
Best time to spot: Reddish flanks; black face.
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)
- Yellow-browed Bunting · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Pallas's Bunting · Marsh scrub (very rare)
- Yellow-breasted Bunting · Wet scrub (very rare)
- Little Bunting · Coastal scrub (autumn passage)
- Pine Bunting · Stubble (very rare vagrant)
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