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Ortolan Bunting

Also known as Emberiza hortulana

species of bird

AI overview

The ortolan bunting is a small songbird found across Europe and parts of Asia that has been traditionally hunted and eaten in some regions, particularly France, where the practice has become controversial due to animal welfare concerns and the bird's declining population. The species matters because it represents broader questions about cultural food traditions, wildlife conservation, and changing attitudes toward the ethical treatment of animals.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 202 inbound references to Ortolan Bunting, and connects out to Fringillidae, Emberiza and London.

It sits within the topics Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Animal welfare and Birds described in 1758.

Vinony links it to 62 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Ortolan Bunting

species

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Emberiza
Mass: 2.48
Image: Ortolan bunting in Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Emberiza hortulana
Commons category: Emberiza hortulana
Commons gallery: Emberiza hortulana
taxon common name: sombria-brava
wingspan: 26
litter size: 4.5
egg incubation period: 11
diel cycle: diurnality
short name: E. hortulana
taxon range: Burkina Faso
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
regional conservation status: Critically Endangered

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Encyclopedic overview

The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Alemannic German Embritz, a bunting. The specific name hortulana is from the Italian name for this bird, ortolana. The English ortolan is derived from Middle French hortolan, "gardener".

The ortolan is served in French cuisine, typically cooked and eaten whole. Traditionally, diners cover their heads with their napkin or a towel while eating the delicacy. The ortolan was so widely eaten that its French populations had dropped dangerously low by the 1990s. French laws protecting the bird, and an EU-wide prohibition against killing or capturing it, have had little effect on the ortolan's numbers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ortolan Bunting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.