Order
        
Passeriformes
      
      
        Family
        
Emberizidae
      
      
        Genus
        
Emberiza
      
      
        Species
        
schoeniclus
      
      
        Conservation Status
        
Least Concern
      
      
        Location Photographed
        
Reed Bunting Iraq, 
        
      
      
        Number of Sub-Species
        
Nineteen Sub Species
      
      
        Migratory or Resident
        
Some resident but most migrate south for the wwinter
      
      
        Preferred Habitat
        
Reedbeds and sometimes in moorland and cultivation
      
      
        Distribution and Range
        
Europe and across most of central Asia to the Pacific coast
      
      
        Food
        
Forages on the ground for seed but includes invertebrates to its diet during breeding season.