cirl bunting

English

A cirl bunting

Etymology

Anglicized form of Latin name Emberiza cirlus, probably originally from Italian zirlare (“to whistle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səːl ˈbʌntɪŋ/

Noun

cirl bunting (plural cirl buntings)

1. A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer.
   • 2010 July 19, Stephen Moss, “Birdwatch”, in The Guardian:

     A minute or two later, a female cirl bunting dropped down into the field in front of us, soon followed by a male.

Translations

cirl bunting

• Asturian: escribán (ast), escribana (ast), trigada (ast)
• Basque: hesi-berdantza
• Catalan: gratapalles m
• Czech: strnad cvrčivý m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: cirlgors (nl) f
• Finnish: pensassirkku (fi)
• French: bruant zizi (fr) m
• Galician: escribenta (gl) f, letreiro (gl) m
• German: Zaunammer f
• Japanese: ノドグロアオジ
• Maltese: ortolan iswed m
• Polish: cierlik (pl) m
• Portuguese: escrevedeira-de-garganta-preta f
• Russian: огоро́дная овся́нка f (ogoródnaja ovsjánka)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: escribano soteño m
• Swedish: häcksparv (sv) c
• Turkish: bahçe kiraz kuşu (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: bras Ffrainc m

See also

• cirl bunting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emberiza cirlus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies