Species profile
Slaty Bunting
Emberiza siemsseni
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are montane c China bamboo: se Gansu, c, se Sichuan and s Shaanxi, and probably also Hubei and Anhui. Non breeding regions are to lower elevations and disturbed habitats of c, se, ec China.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza siemsseni
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Slaty Bunting in your journal
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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)