Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Reed Bunting

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Emberiza schnoenilus

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Emberizidae

fun facts:

Reed Buntings are winter visitors to Ladakh. They can be spotted singly in open dry slopes and plains, perching openly and upright on bush tops up to 4600 m.

The sexes look different.