White-capped Bunting

When to see the White-capped Bunting

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

Where to see the White-capped Bunting

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 2 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, Afghanistan.

About the White-capped Bunting

The white-capped bunting or chestnut-breasted bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, boreal shrubland, and temperate grassland.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Godlewski's BuntingEmberiza godlewskiiThe adult's head, neck, and breast are grey over-all with a brown or black eye stripe, "mustache", and crown. Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurataIt is 14 cm long and has a conical, grey bill, pinkish-brown feet and brown eyes. Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutilaIt is a fairly small bunting, 14 to 15 cm in length.