Stats

Lifespan

2-5 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Pair

Biome

Desert scrubland

Range

North Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

A small streaky passerine of rocky desert towns and villages, the House Bunting is often bold enough to feed at café tables — males sport a warm chestnut breast that brightens sharply against their buff-streaked head.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Emberizidae

Genus

Emberiza

Species

Emberiza sahari