Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a species of passerine bird in the bunting family found in cropland, heathland and shrub and unvegetated or sparsely vegetated land ecosystems.

Emberiza melanocephala has a breeding population size of 162000-482000 pairs and a breeding range size of 183000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Unknown in the short term and Unknown in the long term.

The EU population status for Emberiza melanocephala is Unknown, as the data reported were not sufficient to assess the population status of the species.