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title: "House Bunting"
description: "Emberiza sahari — Uccelli. The house bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/house-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# House Bunting

> Emberiza sahari — Uccelli. The house bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza sahari*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2723
- Wikidata: [Q2742585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201231](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201231)

## Names

- en: House Bunting
- de: Hausammer
- es: Escribano sahariano
- fr: Bruant du Sahara
- nl: Huisgors
- pt: Escrevedeira-do-sara
- pl: Trznadel saharyjski

## Countries with the most observations

MA (2039), DZ (398), TN (90), ES (41), MR (17), TD (5), FR (3)

## Summary

The house bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

It is a resident breeder of dry country from northwestern Africa from Morocco south to Mali and east to Chad. In Morocco, the species has expanded from the Atlas Mountains northwards since the 1960s, and has recently reached Tangier and Tétouan on the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The house bunting bred in Europe for the first time in 2023, in Algeciras  in southern Spain.
The house bunting breeds around human habitation, laying two to four eggs in a nest in a hole in a wall or building. Its natural food consists…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_bunting

## Photo

![House Bunting](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/house-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194804734

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/house-bunting?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).