Location: Europe and the Mediterranean to North Africa, Estonia and Southwest Russia (Ukraine).Descriptions:
- Size 4.25 inches
- Adult male: small, stubby bill, yellow head and dark-streaked breast, pale yellow wingbars, and bright yellow rump.
- Adult female: duler than male, with pale yellow around the face and dull yellow wingbars; underparts heavily streaked.
- Juvenile: similar to adult female but lacks yellow; rump light olive with dark streaks, wingbars warm buffish-brown.
- Call is a rapid or high-pitched twittering trill 'tirrillilit', or a shorter 'titteree', often of a tinny or metallic quality.
- Song is a jumbled or jangling mixture of notes recalling Corn Bunting in overall quality, though somewhat less harsh.
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