Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae (Buntings)  
Genus: Emberiza (44 species)


Brown-rumped Bunting
Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis affinis)
Range: AF: Sahel zone and ne African mesic woodland: Senegal, far s Mauritania to n Guinea e to w, s Ethiopia, n Uganda and w Kenya
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Brown-rumped Bunting
Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis nigeriae)
Range: AF: Sahel zone and ne African mesic woodland: Senegal, far s Mauritania to n Guinea e to w, s Ethiopia, n Uganda and w Kenya
Kedougou, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-breasted Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) Critically Endangered
Range: PAL: subarctic to n temperate Palearctic bushy areas: Murmansk (far nw Russia; formerly e Finland) e to s Chukotka, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is., Sakhalin (e Russia); in s to far n Kazakhstan, far n Xinjiang (nw China), n, c Mongolia, n Inner Mongolia an
Nepal  
 
Photograph by Manshanta Ghimire     Copyright and usage info


Red-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) Male
Range: PAL: temperate c Palearctic shrub-steppe to oases: sw Russia in Astrakhan, Kazakhstan (except far n) and se Orenburg (sc Russia) to nw Xinjiang (nw China) and far sw Mongolia; in s to nc, ne Iran, n, e Afghanistan and n Baluchistan, far w Pakistan through Taji
Salai, UP, India  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Grey-necked Bunting
Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani buchanani)
Range: PAL: temperate montane sw to sc Palearctic dry rocky hills: e Turkey, ne Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, s Turkmenistan, e Uzbekistan, c, e Kazakhstan, sc Russia and w, c, s Mongolia; in s through Afghanistan to nc Pakistan and w, n Xinjiang (nw China)
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


Cabanis's Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
Range: AF: tropical African broadleaf woodland: Guinea and far s Mali e to far s Sudan and nw Uganda; in s to c Angola, s Zimbabwe and c Mozambique
Poli, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Cretzschmar's Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
Range: PAL: ne Mediterranean semiarid coastal plain and islets: s Albania, Greece, Crete, w, s Turkey and Cyprus to Israel and w Jordan
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


Corn Bunting
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra calandra)
Range: PAL: temperate to subtropical w Palearctic grassland: British Isles and w Europe n to s Scandinavia, Latvia and sw Russia, s to Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, nw of w Africa), Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa), through Mediterranean to Turkey, Israel and w Jordan
Bulgaria  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Cape Bunting
Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
Range: AF: open rocky shrubland of s Africa: sw Angola e to w Mozambique, s through s South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-browed Bunting
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
Range: PAL: temperate e Palearctic taiga: Irkutsk Oblast and Sakha Republic (sc, ec Russia)
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia cia)
Range: PAL: subtropical to temperate montane w, c Palearctic rocky, bushy slopes: Iberian Pen. and c France through s Germany, Slovakia, sw Russia through n Iran and s Turkmenistan to e Kazakhstan, nw, w Xinjiang (nw China) and e to far w Mongolia; in s from Morocco
Sierra de Gredos, Spain  
 
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info


Cinereous Bunting
Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea) Male Near Threatened
Range: PAL: sc W Palearctic dry rocky hills: Lesbos and Chios (e Greece), sw, c, se Turkey, n Iraq and far nw Iran
Lesvos, Greece  
 
Photograph by Mark S. Jobling     Copyright and usage info


Meadow Bunting
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides castaneiceps)
Range: PAL: temperate c, e Palearctic open woods: e Kazakhstan and e Kyrgyzstan through s Russia, Mongolia, ne China to Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia); in s to n Xinjiang, Yunnan and Zhejiang (nw, sc, se China), Korean Pen., and Hokkaido to Yakushima (n to s Japa
South Korea  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus) Male
Range: PAL, AF: s temperate to subtropical w Palearctic scrubby woodlands: far s England, France, s Germany e through s Romania; in s to Iberian Pen. and coastal Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa), Mediterranean including Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and
Bulgaria  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella citrinella)
Range: PAL: subarctic to s temperate montane w, c Palearctic edge and openings: British Isles, n Scandinavia to n Iberian Pen., e through subarctic Russia to c Siberia, s through montane n Mediterranean region, Balkans and Caucasus, e through n Kazakhstan and far nc
Thornley Wood, Newcastle, England  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans elegans)
Range: PAL: temperate e Asia forest edge: Amurland, s Khabarovsk and Ussuriland (se Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) to Korean Pen., Oki and Tsushima (c Japan); disjunctly Gansu to Shaanxi and s to Yunnan and Hunan (se, c, se China)
Yehliu, Taiwan  
   
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
Range: AF: Sahel zone and disjunctly e, s Africa in open woodland: s Mauritania to n Eritrea and far n Ethiopia; s DR Congo and far s South Sudan through e Africa, s through South Africa (except sw)
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
Range: AF: Sahel zone and disjunctly e, s Africa in open woodland: s Mauritania to n Eritrea and far n Ethiopia; s DR Congo and far s South Sudan through e Africa, s through South Africa (except sw)
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-eared Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata arcuata)
Range: PAL: disjunctly in subtropical w Himalayas, c China and n temperate ne Asia, in scrubby hills: montane nw Pakistan through Himalayas to c Nepal; Sichuan and s Shaanxi s to se Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou; nc, ne Mongolia, s Transbaikalia to Sakhalin (se Russia),
Nainital, Uttarakhand, India  
 
Photograph by soumyajit nandy     Copyright and usage info


Godlewski's Bunting
Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
Range: PAL: temperate to subtropical montane c, e Palearctic rocky slopes: e Kyrgyzstan, w Xinjiang (w China), sc Russia to Transbaikalia, Mongolia to c Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Hebei (ne China); in s to w, s, e Tibet, ne Arunachal Pradesh (ne India) to n Yun
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


Gosling's Bunting
Gosling's Bunting (Emberiza goslingi) Male
Range: AF: Sahel zone rocky hillsides: Mauritania and Senegal e to sw Sudan and ne DR Congo; in s to n Cameroon, n Central African Republic and n South Sudan
Cheioune, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Ortolan Bunting
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Range: PAL: s, e subarctic to subtropical open wooded hills: w, c Palearctic: Scandinavia patchily to Iberian Pen., e through Baltic region, w, sc Russia, n Kazakhstan, far n Xinjiang (nw China) and w, c, s Mongolia; in s through coastal Algeria, n Mediterranean to T
Spain  
 
Photograph by Pierre Dalous     Copyright and usage info


Lark-like Bunting
Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
Range: AF: w southern African succulent and grassy Karoo: coastal c Angola to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and w, c South Africa
West Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Jankowski's Bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) Endangered
Range: PAL: temperate ne Palearctic (rare) shrubby grassland: far e Mongolia, e Inner Mongolia and w Jilin (ne China), formerly also Heilongjiang and far se Russia
 



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Tibetan Bunting (Emberiza koslowi) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: ec Palearctic alpine scrub: montane se Tibet and s Qinghai (wc China)
 



Crested Bunting
Crested Bunting (Emberiza lathami)
Range: OR: montane grass and scrub of s Asia to e China: ne Pakistan and far w, c India to c, ec China and s through n se Asia
Bhutan  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Pine Bunting
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos leucocephalos) Male
Range: PAL: temperate c, e Palearctic forest edge, openings: wc Russia from Ural Mts. e to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), s through nc, ne Kazakhstan, e Kyrgyzstan and nw Xinjiang (nw China), n, c Mongolia and ne China; disjunctly in ne Qinghai a
Terelj, Mongolia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Pine Bunting
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos leucocephalos) Female
Range: PAL: temperate c, e Palearctic forest edge, openings: wc Russia from Ural Mts. e to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), s through nc, ne Kazakhstan, e Kyrgyzstan and nw Xinjiang (nw China), n, c Mongolia and ne China; disjunctly in ne Qinghai a
Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


Black-headed Bunting
Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
Range: PAL: sc Europe to sw Asian open woods, scrub: sw France, Italy, Balkans ne to se Ukraine and sw Russia and Caucasus; in s to Greece, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus to n Israel and n Jordan, e through nw Syria and n Iraq to nc, se Iran
Lesvoz, Greece  
 
Photograph by Mark S. Jobling     Copyright and usage info


Pallas's Reed Bunting
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) Male
Range: PAL: low Arctic to n temperate c, e Palearctic tundra to tussock grass: n Yamalia (ne European Russia) to s Chukotka (ne Russia), s to Sea of Okhotsk and n Kamchatka; disjunctly in far ne Kazakhstan, Altay (sc Russia) e to w Amurland, in s through n, c Mongoli
Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Pallas's Reed Bunting
Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) Female
Range: PAL: low Arctic to n temperate c, e Palearctic tundra to tussock grass: n Yamalia (ne European Russia) to s Chukotka (ne Russia), s to Sea of Okhotsk and n Kamchatka; disjunctly in far ne Kazakhstan, Altay (sc Russia) e to w Amurland, in s through n, c Mongoli
Dundgovi, Mongolia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Bunting
Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
Range: PAL: temperate far ne Palearctic woodland edge: s Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), Hokkaido and n, c Honshu (n, c Japan)
Chiba, Japan  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Somali Bunting
Somali Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura) Male
Range: AF: ne Africa semiarid scrub: c Ethiopia and Somalia (except ne) s through far se South Sudan to n Tanzania
Nyumba Ya Mungu, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Somali Bunting
Somali Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura) Male
Range: AF: ne Africa semiarid scrub: c Ethiopia and Somalia (except ne) s through far se South Sudan to n Tanzania
Magado, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Little Bunting
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
Range: PAL: low Arctic to n temperate Palearctic in shrubby tundra to taiga: far n Scandinavia through Russia to Chukotka; in s to far nc Mongolia (probably) and disjunctly in ne China
Dongyin Island, Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) Male Vulnerable
Range: PAL: subarctic to temperate Palearctic swamp forest: Scandinavia (except far n and s) across Russia to s Chukotka, Kamchatka, s to n Altai and n Sakhalin (e Russia)
England  
   
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) Female Vulnerable
Range: PAL: subarctic to temperate Palearctic swamp forest: Scandinavia (except far n and s) across Russia to s Chukotka, Kamchatka, s to n Altai and n Sakhalin (e Russia)
Golden Gate Park, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut Bunting
Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
Range: PAL: temperate c, ec Palearctic open forest: sc Russia and nc Mongolia to s Sea of Okhotsk and Ussuriland (se Russia) and ne Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China)
 
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


House Bunting
House Bunting (Emberiza sahari sahari)
Range: AF: nw, nc African arid-zone human dwellings and rocky areas: Morocco and Mauritania e to nw Libya and n Chad
Badi Palace, Emberiza, Morocco  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


Common Reed Bunting
Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Range: PAL: subarctic to temperate Palearctic marshes: British Isles, Scandinavia and nw Russia through Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia); in s through Iberian Pen. and nw Morocco, e through Mediterranean, Turkey, Caucasus, n, sc Iran, Turk
 
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info

Common Reed Bunting
Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Male
Range: PAL: subarctic to temperate Palearctic marshes: British Isles, Scandinavia and nw Russia through Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia); in s through Iberian Pen. and nw Morocco, e through Mediterranean, Turkey, Caucasus, n, sc Iran, Turk
Lomma, Sweden  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


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Slaty Bunting (Emberiza siemsseni)
Range: PAL: montane c China bamboo: se Gansu, c, se Sichuan and s Shaanxi, and probably also Hubei and Anhui
 



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Socotra Bunting (Emberiza socotrana) Near Threatened
Range: AF: densely vegetated rocky slopes of montane Socotra
 



Black-faced Bunting
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) Male
Range: PAL: temperate nc, ne, c Palearctic shrubby areas in woodland: sc Russia and n Mongolia e to Sea of Okhotsk and n Sakhalin (se Russia) and s to ne Inner Mongolia, n Heilongjiang (ne China) and n, c Korean Pen.; disjunctly Qinghai and Shaanxi s to Yunnan and Gu
Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-faced Bunting
Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) Female
Range: PAL: temperate nc, ne, c Palearctic shrubby areas in woodland: sc Russia and n Mongolia e to Sea of Okhotsk and n Sakhalin (se Russia) and s to ne Inner Mongolia, n Heilongjiang (ne China) and n, c Korean Pen.; disjunctly Qinghai and Shaanxi s to Yunnan and Gu
Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info

Migrates north/south from southeast Asia to southeast Russia.

White-capped Bunting
White-capped Bunting (Emberiza stewarti) Male
Range: OR: montane temperate c Asia dry woods: ec, s Kazakhstan, e Uzbekistan and far e Turkmenistan, through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through Afghanistan and n, wc Pakistan, Kashmir to c Himachal Pradesh
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info

White-capped Bunting
White-capped Bunting (Emberiza stewarti) Female
Range: OR: montane temperate c Asia dry woods: ec, s Kazakhstan, e Uzbekistan and far e Turkmenistan, through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through Afghanistan and n, wc Pakistan, Kashmir to c Himachal Pradesh
Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info

Male's cap my be white or grey.

Striolated Bunting
Striolated Bunting (Emberiza striolata striolata)
Range: PAL, AF: subtropical ne African to sw Asian rocky scrublands: patchily in ne Chad and e Egypt to ne Somalia and s to nw Kenya; Sinai Pen., Israel and w Jordan, Arabian Pen., s Iran, ne Afghanistan, sub-Himalayan Pakistan and far w India
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow Bunting
Yellow Bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
Range: PAL: temperate far e Palearctic forest edge: montane n, c Honshu (nc Japan)
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
Range: AF: subtropical to tropical ne to s African rocky hillsides: Gabon e to ne Somalia and Socotra, sw, sc Arabian Pen., s through South Africa
Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Tristram's Bunting
Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
Range: PAL: temperate far ne Palearctic mixed/conifer forest: Amurland and Ussuriland, (se Russia), n Outer Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) and n, c Korean Pen.
Isla Tortuga, Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey Bunting
Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis variabilis)
Range: PAL: temperate far ne Palearctic forest: s Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia) to Japan
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Ochre-rumped Bunting
Ochre-rumped Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis continentalis) Male Near Threatened
Range: PAL: far ec Palearctic marshes: patchily in far e Mongolia, Heilongjiang (ne China), far se Ussuriland (se Russia) and Honshu to Kyushu (c to s Japan)
Khingan State Reserve, Russia  
 
Photograph by Sergey Yeliseev     Copyright and usage info

Ochre-rumped Bunting
Ochre-rumped Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) Female Near Threatened
Range: PAL: far ec Palearctic marshes: patchily in far e Mongolia, Heilongjiang (ne China), far se Ussuriland (se Russia) and Honshu to Kyushu (c to s Japan)
South Korea  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.



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