Masked Bunting

When to see the Masked Bunting

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Masked Bunting

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan.

About the Masked Bunting

The masked bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.

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Easily confused with

Crested BuntingEmberiza lathamiMales have a prominent crest, yellowish beak, black body plumage contrasting with the rufous flight feathers of the wing and tail. Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesiaThis bird is smaller than ortolan. House BuntingEmberiza sahariThe house bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.