reed bunting

American  

noun

1. an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.

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reed bunting British  

noun

1. a common European bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus , that occurs near reed beds and has a brown streaked plumage with, in the male, a black head

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Etymology

Origin of reed bunting

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Another discovery was that non-scavenger birds such as the meadow pipit, northern wheatear, common reed bunting, bluethroat and lapland bunting all fed on the “bloom” of arthropods, such as blowfly, that developed on the carrion.

From The Guardian

It’s also the location of 6,000 acres of marsh, meadow, ponds and woods full of roe deer, bee orchids, avocet, reed buntings and other threatened species.

From Washington Post