black-headed bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and migrates in winter mainly to India, with some individuals moving further into south-east Asia. Like others in its family, it is found in open grassland habitats where they fly in flocks in search of grains and seed.

Description
This bird is 15 cm long, larger than reed bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, chestnut upperparts and a black hood. The female is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a greyish head. The juvenile is similar but the vent is yellow, and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of the closely related red-headed bunting although the black-headed tends to have the cheeks darker than the throat. First year males have a grey crown and the back has patches of chestnut and grey. First year females can be difficult to separate from female red-headed buntings although having more streaking on the crown than on the lower back. The vent is yellow.

The black- and red-headed buntings represent sister species which forms a clade along with the crested bunting.

Behaviour and ecology
The black-headed bunting is found in flocks as it forages on grasslands for seeds. They breed in summer, building a nest in a low bush or on the ground. The nest is a cup made of dry grass and lined with hair. The clutch consists of four to six eggs. The eggs hatch after about 13 days and the chicks fledge after about 10 days. Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young, and otherwise seeds.
Arabic: الدرسة سوداء الرأس
Azerbaijani: Qarabaş vələmirquşu
Bulgarian: Черноглава овесарка
Catalan: Hortolà capnegre, Sit capnegre
Catalan (Balears): Hortolà capnegre
Montenegrin: crnoglava strnadica
Czech: Strnad cernohlavý, Strnad černohlavý, strnad èernohlavý
Welsh: Bras penddu, Bras yr ŷd penddu
Danish: Hætteværling
German: Kappammer, Kappenammer
Greek: Αμπελουργός, Τιρίλινγκος
Greek (Cypriot): Τιρίλινγκος
English: Black-headed Bunting
English (IOC): Black-headed Bunting
Esperanto: nigrakapa emberizo
Spanish: Escribano Cabecinegro, Escribano de Cabeza Negra, Escribano Melanocephala
Spanish (Spain): Escribano Cabecinegro
Spanish (HBW): Escribano cabecinegro
Estonian: mustpea-tsiitsitaja
Basque: Sit capnegre
Persian: زردپره سرسیاه
Finnish: Mustapääsirkku
Faroese: Knokksvartur spurvur
French: Bruant à tête noire, Bruant crocote, Bruant mélanocéphale
Irish: Gealóg Cheanndubh
Galician: Escribenta cabecinegra, Sit capnegre
Hebrew: גבתון שחור ראש, גבתון שחור־ראש, גבתון שחור-ראש, גיבתון שחור ראש, גיבתון שחור-ראש
Croatian: Crnoglava Strnadica
Hungarian: Kucsmás sármány
Armenian: [Sevaglukh Drakhtapan ], Սևագլուխ Դրախտապան
Icelandic: Hettutittlingur
Italian: Zigolo caperino, Zigolo capinero, Zigolo testanera
Japanese: zu-guro chakin-chō, Zuguro-chakincho, zugurochakinchou, Zuguro-chakinchou
Japanese: ズグロチャキンチョウ, ヅグロチャキンチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 頭黒茶金鳥
Georgian: შავთავა გრატა
Kazakh: Қарабас сұлыкеш
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara-bas sulıkeş
Korean: 검은머리멧새, 붉은머리멧새
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-meori-mes-sae
Scientific: Emberiza melanocephala, Granativora melanocephala
Lithuanian: Juodagalvė starta
Latvian: Melngalvas stērste
Macedonian: Црвеноглава овесарка, Црвеноглава стрнарка, црноглава стрнарка
Malayalam: കരിന്തലയൻ തിനക്കുരുവി
Mongolian: Хартолгой хөмрөг
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar-tolgoi khömrög
Moldavian: Presură cu cap negru
Maltese: Durrajsa Rasha Sewda
Dutch: Zwartkopgors
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svarthovudsporv
Norwegian: Svarthodespurv
Polish: trznadel czarnoglowy, Trznadel czarnogłowy
Pinyin: hēi-tóu wú
Portuguese: escrevedeira de cabeça preta, Escrevedeira-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): Escrevedeira-de-cabeça-preta
Romansh: Marena dal chau nair
Romanian: Presură cu cap negru
Russian: Chernogolovaya Ovsyanka, Овсянка черноголовая, Черноголовая овсянка
Sindhi: ىٍُد إَ يٌٓ
Slovak: Strnádka čiernohlavá
Slovenian: crnoglavi strnad, črnoglavi strnad
Albanian: Cerla kokezeze, Cerla kokëzezë
Serbian: crnoglava strnadica, Црноглава стрнадица
Swedish: Svarthuvad sparv
Thai: นกจาบปีกอ่อนหัวดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók càap-pìik-òaan hŭa-dam
Turkish: Kara Başlı Çinte, Kara Başlı Kirazkuşu, kara başly kirazkuşu, Karabağlı Kirazkuğu, Kara-başlı çinte, Karabaşlı Kirazkuşu, Kara-başlı Kirazkuşu, Қарабас сұлыкеш
Ukrainian: Вівсянка чорноголова , Чорноголова вівсянка
Vietnamese: Sẻ đồng đầu đen
Chinese: 黑头鹀, 黑頭(巫鳥), 黑頭鵐
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭鵐
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑頭鵐
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑头鹀

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