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Copyright: Hurmuz Yeniceli (citlenbik) Silver Note Writer [C: 2 W: 0 N: 20] (235)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital, sigma 70-300 apo macro
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-03 12:37
Viewed: 550
Points: 7
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Karabaşlı Çinte - Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephela

The Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.

It breeds in southeast Europe east to Iran. It is migratory, wintering in India. It is a rare but regular wanderer to western Europe.

Black-headed Bunting breeds in open scrubby areas including agricultural land. It lays 4-6 eggs in a nest in a tree or bush. Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.

This bird is 17cm long, larger than Reed Bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, chestnut upperparts and a black hood.

The female is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a greyish head. The juvenile is similar, and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of the closely related Red-headed Bunting.

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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To Merlin: Good morningcitlenbik 1 04-16 23:08
To aysem54: Merhabacitlenbik 2 04-15 06:34
To kadirne: Merhaba Kadir Bey :)citlenbik 1 04-12 23:58
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This is not a Eurasian Siskin - it's a Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala, a rarer bird. I am not keen on the composition or high-contrast lighting, but was probably beyond your control. However, there is a softness/lack of fine detail to the image that suggests noise reduction software (Neat Image or similar?) has been used without masking.
Best wishes, Nigel.

Hi Hurmuz !
Splendid capture. With some nice color.
Congratulations.
A beautiful day,
Chris

mrb ablam
Tür güzel , ancak çekim tekniği bakımından baktıgımızda biraz daha calışma yapman gerek sanırım :P
şu var ki koca ekipmanı alıp bayan başına araziye cıkmak takdire şayan :)
ellerine sağlık
selamlar

Hürmüz naber?
Kuşa isketemi yazdın?
Merlin cır cır cır anlatıyo..

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