Red-headed Bunting

When to see the Red-headed Bunting

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

Where to see the Red-headed Bunting

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 14 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 United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, France, Taiwan, Netherlands, Nepal, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Denmark.

About the Red-headed Bunting

The red-headed bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in central Asia, including Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia; Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. It is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh. Its status in western Europe, where it is a vagrant, has been confused by escapes, especially as this species has been more commonly recorded than the closely related black-headed bunting, despite the latter having a more westerly breeding range. Reports in Britain have declined dramatically over recent years, coinciding with the decline in some Emberizidae species from the impact of illegal trade.

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Easily confused with

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). Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasiPallas's reed bunting is a small passerine bird, similar to a small reed bunting and possesses a small granivore-type bill.