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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Related species in Emberizidae
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Black-Headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis)
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)