Buntings in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Switzerland 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 citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceRare15–18 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Cirl Bunting 15–17 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