Species profile
black-faced bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are 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 Guizhou (c China). Non breeding regions are PAL, OR : subtropical e Asian disturbed areas, wetlands : c Nepal through ne Himalayas, n se Asia, s, e China, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan).
- Scientific name
- Emberiza spodocephala
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Emberizidae
- Black-Headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
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- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)