Emberiza cineracea
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Body plain grey throughout, without the rufous and warm brown tones of other buntings
Male has a dull yellow-green head and yellow throat, without the yellow moustache plus rufous belly of ortolan bunting
Bill slate-grey and pointed; ortolan bunting has a pinkish bill
White outer tail feathers flash as the bird flies up
Sings perched upright on top of a rock or thorny bush on treeless stony slopes
