Species profile
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Quick answer
Material examined. From secondary quill of Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe (Passeriformes: Emberizidae): 4 females; RUSSIA, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Partizanskii District, Novolitovsk, 9 km N, 42 º 51 ’ 40 ” N; 132 º 53 ’ 5.5 ” E, 2 October 2008, coll. S. V. Mironov (SVM 08 – 1002 – 9 / 4). All material is deposited in the ZISP (ZISP – AVB 011 – 2908 – 053), except 1 female in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU – SYR. 430). From the same locality, habitat and host species: 7 females, 2 males, 23 September 2008, coll. S. V. Mironov (SVM 08 – 0923 – 5 / 4). All material is deposited in the ZISP (ZISP – AVB 011 – 2908 – 054). From the same locality, habitat and host species: 3 females and 2 males, 27 September 2008, coll. S. V. Mironov (SVM 08 – 0927 – 4 / 4). All material is deposited in the ZISP (ZISP – AVB 011 – 2908 – 055). From secondary quill of Emberiza rutila Pallas (Emberizidae): 9 females; RUSSIA, Primorsky Krai, Partizanskii District, Novolitovsk, 9 km N, 42 º 51 ’ 40 ” N; 132 º 53 ’ 5.5 ” E, 24 September 2008, coll. S. V. Mironov (SVM 08 – 0924 – 2 / 5). All material is deposited in the ZISP (ZISP – AVB 011 – 2908 – 056), except 2 females in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU – SYR. 431).
- Scientific name
- Emberiza schoeniclus
- 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)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)