Species profile
Yellow-throated Bunting
Emberiza elegans
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are temperate e Asia forest edge: Amurland, s Khabarovsk and Ussuriland (se Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) to Korean Pen., Oki and Tsushima (c Japan); disjunctly Gansu to Shaanxi and s to Yunnan and Hunan (se, c, se China). Non breeding regions are temperate to subtropical far e Asian woodland and open areas: Korean Pen., Honshu to Ryukyu Is. (c, s Japan), se China and Taiwan.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza elegans
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Not Applicable
Recording Yellow-throated 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)