Rustic Bunting

Overview

Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) is a species of Buntings (Emberizidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines). A small bunting with a chestnut head and white eyebrow stripes in breeding males; winters in large flocks in East Asian farmland; declining due to trapping and habitat change.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Emberiza; binomial: Emberiza rustica; authority: Pallas, 1776. Typical size: 13-14cm. Average lifespan: 3-7 years.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Palearctic. Non-breeding range: temperate to subtropical e Asian open areas: e China, Korean Pen. and Honshu to Ryukyu Is. (c to s Japan).

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

No additional remarks recorded.