Common reed bunting

Its diet category is omnivore, and it is partially migratory, with a geographic range of 23,740,000 km². It lays clutches of 4.5 eggs, 2.5 clutches per year, with an incubation period of 13 days, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern, not a threatened category.

Weight

17.7 g – 19.7 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

24 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

11.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

12.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

13 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The common reed bunting is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyEmberizidae
6. genusEmberiza
7. SpeciesEmberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Emberiza arundinacea, Emberiza schoeniclos, Emberiza schoeniclus turonensis, Emberiza schoeniclus volgae, Emberiza schoeniculus, Emberiza schoeniculus, Schoeniclus schoeniclus

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LC, Least Concern

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Corn bunting

Emberiza calandra

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Ortolan bunting

Emberiza hortulana

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Black-headed bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Emberizidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Yellow-breasted bunting

Emberiza aureola

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Rock bunting

Emberiza cia

Emberizidae

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@misc{common_reed_bunting_2026,
  title = {Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-reed-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}