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 and the German Wikipedia links to the Wikidata item on the family . So the 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 &#124; talk 12:40, 7 June 2022 (UTC)