Talk:Bunting (bird)

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synonym Emberizidae

Would inclusion of a reference to the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) be appropriate on this page? LarryW 14:38 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It looks that way to me, though I'm not familiar with them. There must be a little taxonomic confusion here: it and several other "buntings" are listed at Cardinal (bird). Is there an American birdo in the house? Tannin

There are two problems with buntings. Firstly, like "finch" and "sparrow", they are terms that are used often without strict reference to taxonomy.

Secondly, I've followed HBW for the cardinals, and Sibley's North American Bird guide also divides American buntings into Cardinaline buntings and Emberizine buntings. Emberizidae and Fringillidae are the two families I need to rewrite, but we need to be careful not to use two systems of taxonomy, so that the same species pops up in two different places.

What I'll do in the short term is to put a pointer to the Cardinaline buntings on bunting (bird), unless someone objects. jimfbleak

OK, I've done that and added a complete Emberizidae species list. This large family needs splitting, with a core at Emberizidae, currently a redirect, Bunting (bird) slimmed to the relevant genera called buntings, American sparrow, flowerpiercer etc... so much to do (and not this week). JIM

True or false??

True or false: there are other things named Bunting that Wikipedia can have articles on. (I am giving this quiz because Bunting re-directs here and I want to know if it can be made into a dis-ambiguation page. 66.245.12.170 22:56, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

At least Flag_of_the_United_States refers to Bunting.

Indigo Bunting?

What about the Indigo Bunting? Shouldn't it be listed on this page? Robartin 15:07, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

despite the name.it's actually a cardinal jimfbleak 19:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Genus "Miliaria"

The British Ornithologists' Union, the British Trust for Ornithology, and Gill and Mintern's (2006) Birds of the world: recommended English names all relegate the Corn Bunting to the genus Emberiza. Perhaps it is time to adopt this taxonomic treatment here. John Trapp 23:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Language links - help wanted :-)

Could someone please add the link to the corresponding German language page?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammern

(I used to be able to do this but it seems to have become very complicated...) It would be nice if someone could help :-) 2A02:3035:C0F:F946:1:0:8067:146D (talk) 09:51, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

The problem is that you can only have a one-to-one connection between Wikipedia and Wikidata. The English Wikipedia links to the Wikidata item on the genus (QID 614481) and the German Wikipedia links to the Wikidata item on the family (QID 28486). So the de:Ammern article is already linked (to the family item) and the software won't allow a second link for the this article on the genus. Unfortunately there is no will to change the Wikimedia software to allow real world relationships. —  Jts1882 | talk  12:40, 7 June 2022 (UTC)