My favorite bird from our recent trip to Turkey and Greece was the black-headed bunting, a lifer for me. I was at an inlet stream to Lake Buyukcekmece, near Istanbul, Turkey, with my guide, Dogan Bilge. Birds of the World notes that Turkey is the black-headed bunting's "stronghold".
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| Illustration of a female from Birds of the World. |
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| Illustration of a male from Birds of the World. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. Note the weird wintering range, all in India, compared to the summer range spread out over parts of Europe and Asia. |
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