Species profile
Masked Bunting
Emberiza personata
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are temperate far ne Palearctic woodland edge: s Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), Hokkaido and n, c Honshu (n, c Japan). Non breeding regions are temperate to subtropical e Asian woodland and disturbed areas: n Honshu to Izu and Ryukyu is. (c, s Japan).
- Scientific name
- Emberiza personata
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Masked Bunting in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)