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Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana · Family Emberizidae
Emberiza hortulana
Family Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Emberizidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 169,150
- Countries and territories with records
- 107
About this species
This species has 169,150 occurrence records from 107 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (26.4%), France (15.2%), Spain (10.4%), Finland (7%) and Israel (4.8%); together they account for 63.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.044% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Emberiza hortulana combines the genus name Emberiza with the species epithet hortulana. 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 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Emberiza schoeniclus. Its record count is 68.6% of the family average (246,475). The family Emberizidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.