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title: "Sombria"
description: "Emberiza hortulana — Aves. The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ortolan-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sombria

> Emberiza hortulana — Aves. The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza hortulana*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 5943
- Wikidata: [Q206630](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206630)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9196](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9196)

## Names

- en: Ortolan Bunting
- de: Ortolan
- es: Escribano hortelano
- fr: Bruant ortolan
- nl: Ortolaan
- pt: Sombria
- pl: Ortolan

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3271), UA (302), ES (225), FR (204), DE (138), TR (117), IL (100), AM (96), PT (95), RO (93), GR (92), IT (76)

## Summary

The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Alemannic German Embritz, a bunting. The specific name hortulana is from the Italian name for this bird, ortolana. The English ortolan is derived from Middle French hortolan, "gardener".
The ortolan is served in French cuisine, typically cooked and eaten whole. Traditionally, diners cover their heads with their napkin or a towel while eating the delicacy.  The ortolan was so widely…

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

## Photo

![Sombria](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ortolan-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116666853

## Machine access

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