English: Ortolan Bunting     
Russian: Садовая овсенка        
Mongolian: Алаг хөмрөг 
German: Ortolan     
French: Bruant ortolan                       
Japanese: ズアオホオジロ (Zuao-hojiro)

Body length: 13-14 ½ cm.

Breeds at lower levels in agricultural country with some patches of trees and deciduous copses, in open wooded pasture and in clearings, and in S Europe, Turkey and Caucasus in mountain regions, usually in glades or at forest edge above 1500 m. Summer visitor (mainly Apr-Set), winters in tropical Africa. Nocturnal migrant. Forages mostly on ground, often on dry, short-grazed grassy areas. Rather shy and wary, quick to take cover.

Identification: Medium-sized, slim bunting. Bill rather long. Legs and bill buffish-pink, culmen a shade darker and with straight profile. Yellowish-white eyering in all plumages, as well as heavily dark-streaked grey-brown mantle and dark lateral throut stripe on light yellow ground (juv. Lacks yellow upto Jul/Aug). Flanks and belly have variable distinct orange-brown tone (except juv.), and head and nape are usually olive-toned. Rump grey-brown and streaked.

• ♂ summer: Head, broad breast-band and narrow lateral throat stripe plain olive-grey; belly and flanks saturated orange-brown.
  
• ♀ summer/adult autumn: Crown, breast and lateral throat stripe finely dark-spotted. Olive-grey breast-band narrow or indistinct; orange colour below sometimes weaker. Some ♂♂ have unspotted olive-grey  breast-band as in summer.
  
• 1st winter: Head brown-grey (without green tinge) and boldly streaked; lateral throat stripe, breast and upper flanks heavily streaked. Eye-ring buffish-white. Throat light buffy-yellow.