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Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, GA 1769

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Frantz Barrault 2022-05-26 Agios Nikolaos, Paphos, Paphos (Cyprus) (950 m) adult, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 728491
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Bram Vogels 2023-05-14 Samreklo, Kakheti, Dedoplis Tskaro (Georgia) (800 m) song - [sono] 804183
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Domagoj Tomičić 2025-06-19 Selna, Općina Garčin, Brod-Posavina County, Brodsko-Posavska (Croatia) (100 m) alarm call, song -

singing in 3-4 m high "Robinia pseudoacacia" scrub, a few calls at the end of the recording; clear weather, 30 degrees Celsius

 1007714
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Lars Lachmann 2014-06-23 Ovacık, Kemer, Antalya Province, Antalya (Turkey) (1000 m) song -

same recording as XC188057, but without the comparatively louder second strophe, enabling to hear the other strophes in good volume

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 188058
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Andrew Spencer 2022-06-11 , Samtskhe-Javakheti (Georgia)   -   464066271
macaulaylibrary.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Tero Linjama 2007-05-23 Demirkazık, Çamardı, Nigde, Nigde (Turkey) (1400 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 350515
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Lars Lachmann 2014-06-23 Ovacık, Kemer, Antalya Province, Antalya (Turkey) (1000 m) song -

singing male, the bird first sang a strophe some distance away, then sang a second strophe in song flight right past the microphone (therefore this strophe comparatively loud), then sang more strophes further away

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 188057
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Fernand DEROUSSEN 2009-06-01 Kakheti, Kakheti (Georgia) (360 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 140049
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Patrik Åberg 2017-04-08 Arzanjan, Tashk, Fars Province, Fars (deprecated) (Iran) (1600 m) call, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 405242
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Stanislas Wroza 2026-05-05 Lesvos - Potamia valley, Lesbos (former) (Greece) (25 m) flight call - [sono] 1134615
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Valentin Monnoy 2022-07-14 Arrondissement de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (near Val-Cenis), Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Savoie (France) (1300 m) adult, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 738500
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Stanislas Wroza 2026-05-05 Lesvos - Potamia valley, Lesbos (former) (Greece) (25 m) song - [sono] 1134601
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Jacek Betleja 2014-05-25 Durnalık, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep, Gaziantep (Turkey) (1100 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 180977
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Domagoj Tomicic 2025-06-15 , Brodsko-Posavska (Croatia)   -   659903051
macaulaylibrary.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Domagoj Tomičić 2023-05-19 Vrpolje, Općina Vrpolje, Brod-Posavina County, Brodsko-Posavska (Croatia) (80 m) song -

singing in rape field

 802366
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Jakub Machán 2017-05-13 Kakheti, K'vemo K'art'li, Georgia, Sagarejo (Georgia)   -   192575291
macaulaylibrary.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Martinez Nicolas 2021-06-23 Arrondissement de Forcalquier (near Brunet), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (France) (650 m) song -

Reduction du bruit -10 db

 980990
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Stanislas Wroza 2026-05-05 Lesvos - Potamia valley, Lesbos (former) (Greece) (25 m) song - [sono] 1134603
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Agris Celmins 2022-05-06 Bessaparski Hills, Pazardzhik, Pazardzhik (Bulgaria) (270 m) male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 741120
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Martinez Nicolas 2021-06-06 Arrondissement de Forcalquier (near Brunet), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (France) (650 m) aberrant, call, male, song -

Double appel avec un cri classique suivi d'un cri très bas en fréquence : de 1khz à 1.4khz

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 654922
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Stanislas Wroza 2026-05-05 Lesvos - Potamia valley, Lesbos (former) (Greece) (25 m) song - [sono] 1134599
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Domagoj Tomičić 2021-07-04 Donji Andrijevci, Općina Donji Andrijevci, Brodsko-posavska županija, Brodsko-Posavska (Croatia) (90 m) adult, call, male -

Excerpt from XC660931; three types of call by a male:

First: 0:00

Second: 0:05

Third: 0:40

Emberiza calandra call: 0:41

minimal HPF 500Hz and minimal noise reduction

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 660932
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala David Darrell-Lambert 2024-05-07 Svilengrad, Svilengrad, Haskovo Province, Svilengrad (Bulgaria) (80 m) song - [sono] 903635
xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Graham Clarke 2023-05-14 Vedi Springs, Armenia (Armenia) (? m) song - [sono] 861672
xeno-canto.org
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