Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 1 — Photo: observe-syz · CC0

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 2 — Photo: observe-syz · CC0

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Griha Hasanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Настя Бухвалова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 7 — Photo: (c) 夏仲归, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Fedotova Elena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Pavel Komkov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Анна Васильченко, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Pallas's Reed Bunting sounds like

Sonogram of the Pallas's Reed Bunting: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Flight call · Ögiy, O'giinuur, Arkhangai, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Pallas's reed bunting is a small passerine bird, similar to a small reed bunting and possesses a small granivore-type bill. The male has a black head and throat, a white neck collar and underparts, and a heavily streaked grey back (the reed bunting has a browner back). The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is less streaked below than the female reed bunting. The song of the male is a repetitive sherp.

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When to see the Pallas's Reed Bunting

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pallas's Reed Bunting

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 5 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.

China South Korea Mongolia Taiwan Russia Japan Hong Kong SAR China North Korea

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Philippines.

About the Pallas's Reed Bunting

Pallas's reed bunting, also known as Pallas's bunting, is a passerine bird in the Old World bunting family, Emberizidae.

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Easily confused with

Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsThe red-headed bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucataIt is 15 to 16 cm in length.

Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaThe yellow-breasted bunting is a small passerine, ranging from 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) in length, and weighing 17 to 26 g (0.6 to 0.9 oz).

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