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Yellow-throated Bunting
Emberiza elegans
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Europe & Northern Asia.
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The Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) is a member of the Emberizidae family found in Europe & Northern Asia. Adults weigh 16.8 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Emberizidae Buntings
- Genus Emberiza
- Species elegans
Where it lives
Temperate eastern Asia forest edge: Amurland, southern Khabarovsk and Ussuriland (southeastern Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (northeastern China) to Korean Pen., Oki and Tsushima (central Japan); disjunctly Gansu to Shaanxi and south to Yunnan and Hunan (southeastern, central, southeastern China)
Quick facts
- Weight
- 16.8 g
- Diet
- Omnivores
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
Similar birds
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Yellow-throated Bunting is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Behaviour
A bird of open woodland, it forages mainly on the ground.
Migration
The Yellow-throated Bunting is partially migratory: some populations move with the seasons while others stay resident year-round.
The Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) belongs to the Emberizidae family of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Europe & Northern Asia. Its distribution covers 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).
It is a small bird. Adults weighs around 16.8 g, with a wing length of about 7.4 cm and a tail of around 6 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
Its mapped global range covers an estimated 3 million km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Yellow-throated Bunting?
The Yellow-throated Bunting is a small bird that weighs around 16.8 g.
Where does the Yellow-throated Bunting live?
The Yellow-throated Bunting is found across Europe & Northern Asia with a range covering 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), where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Yellow-throated Bunting belong to?
The Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) belongs to the Emberizidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Yellow-throated Bunting eat?
The Yellow-throated Bunting is a omnivore — it takes a broad, omnivorous diet of both plant and animal foods.
Does the Yellow-throated Bunting migrate?
The Yellow-throated Bunting is partially migratory: some populations move with the seasons while others stay resident year-round.
Is the Yellow-throated Bunting endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Yellow-throated Bunting make?
1 real field recording of the Yellow-throated Bunting — including its call — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Yellow-throated Bunting's range?
The Yellow-throated Bunting has a mapped global range of about 3 million km².
Conservation
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