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title: "Escrevedeira-dos-caniços"
description: "Emberiza schoeniclus — Aves. The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), or simply reed bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/reed-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Escrevedeira-dos-caniços

> Emberiza schoeniclus — Aves. The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), or simply reed bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza schoeniclus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 48119
- Wikidata: [Q26961](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26961)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9201](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9201)

## Names

- en: Reed Bunting
- de: Rohrammer
- es: Escribano palustre
- fr: Bruant des roseaux
- nl: Rietgors
- pt: Escrevedeira-dos-caniços
- pl: Potrzos zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (19302), GB (6907), DE (3241), FR (2008), IT (1723), NL (1146), DK (860), FI (652), UA (643), AT (640), PL (528), ES (446)

## Summary

The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), or simply reed bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. This species breeds throughout Europe and much of the Palearctic region. While most individuals migrate south in winter, those in the milder south and west of the range are resident. It is a common sight in reedbeds, but also breeds in drier open areas such as moorland and arable land. For example, it inhabits purple moor grass and rush pastures, which are designated as a Biodiversity Action Plan habitat in the UK. It occurs on poorly drained neutral and acid soils of the lowlands and upland…

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

## Photo

![Escrevedeira-dos-caniços](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/reed-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Clare M Clark · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74266917

## Machine access

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