The Corn Bunting has declined by about 80% in Switzerland since 1990. While it was already listed as vulnerable on the Red List in 2010, it had to be classified as threatened with extinction in 2022. Today, some 100 pairs still breed in a small number of areas in Switzerland. As a ground-breeding species, the Corn Bunting is dependent on structurally rich areas in cultivated land which are used extensively and late. It likes to use wildflower strips as breeding grounds. The disappearance of the Corn Bunting is to be prevented based on in-depth knowledge of the ecology of the species and specific promotion measures, in particular at the remaining breeding sites in Switzerland.
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The song of the Corn Bunting is rarely heard in Switzerland. This ground-nesting bird depends on late and extensively used areas and likes to nest in insect-rich wildflower strips or extensively used meadows.
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Marcel Burkhardt
The inconspicuous, starling-sized Corn Bunting likes to use overgrown vegetation, bushes and small structures from which it monitors its territory.
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Stefan Werner
Newly-fledged Corn Buntings are straw-yellow with richly contrasting markings. Little is known about the breeding success of Swiss breeding pairs.
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Michael Lanz
In extensive areas such as this fallow strip in the Champagne Genevoise, the Corn Bunting is able to breed undisturbed.
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Marcel Burkhardt
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Stefan Werner
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Michael Lanz
The song of the Corn Bunting is rarely heard in Switzerland. This ground-nesting bird depends on late and extensively used areas and likes to nest in insect-rich wildflower strips or extensively used meadows.
The inconspicuous, starling-sized Corn Bunting likes to use overgrown vegetation, bushes and small structures from which it monitors its territory.
Newly-fledged Corn Buntings are straw-yellow with richly contrasting markings. Little is known about the breeding success of Swiss breeding pairs.
In extensive areas such as this fallow strip in the Champagne Genevoise, the Corn Bunting is able to breed undisturbed.
Domain
Conservation
Unit
Species Recovery
Topics
Species Recovery, Habitat Promotion, Ecology
Habitat
farmland, semi-open farmland, meadows and pastures
Project start
2022
Project status
ongoing
Project management
Sandrine Wider
Project region
Basel Land, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Vaud
Employees
Employee of the regional office Yverdon-les-Bains
Jérôme Duplain
+41 24 420 11 50
jerome.duplain@vogelwarte.ch
Coordinator of the regional office Yverdon-les-Bains
Robin Séchaud
+41 79 826 91 38
robin.sechaud@vogelwarte.ch
Employees Regional Office Yverdon-les-Bains
Ludovic Longchamp
+41 24 420 11 50
ludovic.longchamp@vogelwarte.ch
Species concerned
Unit
Species Recovery
Wildlife conservation coordinates the development, improvement and dissemination of measures in favour of priority bird species that cannot be helped by habitat protection alone. Together with BirdLife Switzerland and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the department also coordinates the “Species Recovery for Swiss Birds” programme.
