house bunting
Emberiza sahari
The house bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
It is a resident breeder of dry country from north-western Africa from Morocco south to Mali and east to Chad. In Morocco, the species has expanded from the Atlas Mountains northwards since the 1960s, and has recently reached Tangier and Tétouan on the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The house bunting breeds around human habitation, laying two to four eggs in a nest in a hole in a wall or building. Its natural food consists seeds, or when feeding young, insects.
The incubation period of the clutch of three eggs is 12–14 days. The song, given from a perch, is similar to, but weaker than, that of the common chaffinch.
It is a resident breeder of dry country from north-western Africa from Morocco south to Mali and east to Chad. In Morocco, the species has expanded from the Atlas Mountains northwards since the 1960s, and has recently reached Tangier and Tétouan on the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The house bunting breeds around human habitation, laying two to four eggs in a nest in a hole in a wall or building. Its natural food consists seeds, or when feeding young, insects.
The incubation period of the clutch of three eggs is 12–14 days. The song, given from a perch, is similar to, but weaker than, that of the common chaffinch.