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Emberiza cirlus · Family Emberizidae
Emberiza cirlus
Family Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Emberizidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 581,572
- Countries and territories with records
- 59
About this species
This species has 581,572 occurrence records from 59 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from France (46.5%), Spain (31.7%), Portugal (7.5%), Greece (3.1%) and Italy (2.9%); together they account for 91.7% of the total. In France, this species accounts for 0.46% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Emberiza cirlus combines the genus name Emberiza with the species epithet cirlus. The Warbla app catalog lists 42 species of the genus Emberiza; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Emberiza schoeniclus, Emberiza citrinella and Emberiza calandra.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 42 species of the family Emberizidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Emberiza schoeniclus. Its record count is 2.4 times the family average (246,475). The family Emberizidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.