Emberiza rustica MHNT The rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific rustica is Latin for "rustic, simple".
The rustic bunting was first formally Species description described in 1776 by the Prussian naturalist and explorer Peter Simon Pallas with Dauria give as the type locality. This species is classified in the genus Emberiza, the typical buntings, in the family Emberizidae. Within Emberiza the rustic bunting is sister to the little bunting (E. pusilla).
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