Winter buntings: Lapland Bunting vs Reed Bunting

Lapland Bunting

• Long wings, relatively short tail • Open face, with black line ‘around’ ear coverts • Red-brown and black upper parts • Two transverse white wing-bars • Buff bill

Reed Bunting

• Short wings, relatively long tail • Striped face with multiple stripes including eye stripe and lateral throat stripe • Golden-brown and black upperparts • No white wing-bars • Grey bill