Cirl Bunting, Emberiza cirlus, is a species of passerine bird in the bunting family found in cropland, grassland and heathland and shrub ecosystems.

Emberiza cirlus has a breeding population size of 2330000-4230000 pairs and a breeding range size of 1470000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Stable in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Emberiza cirlus was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).