Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, is a species of passerine bird in the bunting family found in wetland and river and lake ecosystems.

Emberiza schoeniclus has a breeding population size of 1840000-3260000 pairs and a breeding range size of 2560000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Decreasing in the short term and Uncertain in the long term.

The EU population status of Emberiza schoeniclus 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).