Emberiza calandra
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In 3 days ~10%
The corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This is a large bunting with heavily streaked buff-brown plumage. The sexes are similar but the male is slightly larger than the female. Its range extends from Western Europe and North Africa across to northwestern China.
The corn bunting was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae and retains its original binomial name of Emberiza calandra. The type locality is Sweden. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific calandra is from Ancient Greek kalandros, the calandra lark. The corn bunting has sometimes been placed in its own monotypic genus Miliaria.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 10 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 11 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 12 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 16 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogród Zoologiczny w Katowicach | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Corn Bunting sighting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 187 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 176th most-seen of the 285 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Corn Bunting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Corn Bunting sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 17
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Corn Bunting sightings, Wadden Sea National Park ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 40%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 40%) and Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Emberiza
The closest relatives of the Corn Bunting that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Reed Bunting (about 20%), Yellowhammer (about 10%) and Black-faced Bunting (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Corn Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Wadden Sea National Park (187 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
