Species profile

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

Quick answer

Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are 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), Nei Mongol and Heilongjiang (ne China) s to Korean Pen., s Kuril Is. to Kyushu (n to s Japan); and Zhejiang and Fujian (ec China). Non breeding regions are s temperate to subtropical e Asian marshes and fields: from lower in Himalayas to e India and Bangladesh, se Asia (except Malay Pen.), c, e China, Korean Pen. and Honshu s to Izu and Ryukyu is. (c to s, se Japan).

Scientific name
Emberiza fucata
Family
Emberizidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Emberiza
Conservation status
Least Concern

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