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BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Bradbury, R.B., Baily, C.M., Wright, D. and Evans A.D. 2008. Wintering cirl buntings Emberiza cirlus in southwest England select cereal stubbles that follow a low-input herbicide regime. Bird Study 55: 23-31.

Brambilla, M., Guidali, F. and Negri, I. 2008. The importance of an agricultural mosaic for Cirl Buntings Emberiza cirlus in Italy. Ibis 150: 628-632.

Copete, J.L. 2016. Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Eaton, M.A., Brown, A.F., Noble, D.G., Musgrove, A.J., Hearn, R., Aebischer, N.J., Gibbons, D.W., Evans, A. and Gregory, R.D. 2009. Birds of Conservation Concern 3: the population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British Birds 102(6): 296-341.

EBCC. 2015. Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme. Available at: http://www.ebcc.info/index.php?ID=587.

Evans, A.D. 1997. Cirl buntings in Britain. British Birds 90: 267-282.

Evans, A.D., Smith, K.W., Buckingham D.L. and Evans, J. 1997. Seasonal variation in breeding performance and nestling diet of cirl buntings Emberiza cirlus in England. Bird Study 44: 66-79.

Hagemeijer, E.J.M. and Blair, M.J. 1997. The EBCC atlas of European breeding birds: their distribution and abundance. T. and A. D. Poyser, London.

Keller, V., Gerber, A., Schmid, H., Volet, B. and Zbinden, N. 2010. Liste rouge oiseaux nicheurs. Espèces menacées en Suisse, état 2010. Office fédéral de l’environnement, Berne, et Station ornithologique suisse, Sempach. L’environnement pratique n° 1019.

MacDonald, M.A., Cobbold G., Mathews, F.,Denny, M.J.H., Walker L.K., Grice, P.V. and Anderson, G.Q.A. 2012. Effects of agri-environment management for cirl buntings on other biodiversity. Biodiversity Conservation 21: 1477-1492.

Peach, W.J., Lovett, L.J., Wotton, S.R. and Jeffs, C. 2001. Countryside stewardship delivers cirl buntings (Emberiza cirlus) in Devon, UK. Biological Conservation 101(361-373).

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cirl-bunting-emberiza-cirlus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.