Buntings in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made