About the Yellow-breasted Bunting
The yellow-breasted bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae that is found across the Boreal and East Palearctic. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific aureola is Latin for "golden". The bird's call is a distinctive zick, and the song is a clear tru-tru, tri-tri.
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The 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). For a bunting, it is large and rather stocky. The breeding male has bright white underparts with black flank streaks, brown upperparts, black face and throat bar, and a pink lower mandible. The female has a heavily streaked grey-brown back, and less intensely yellow underparts. She has a whitish face with dark crown, eye and cheek stripes. The juvenile is similar, but the background colour of the underparts and face is buff.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, United States, France, Italy, Canada, China, Spain, Israel, Pakistan.
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucataIt is 15 to 16 cm in length.
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsThe red-headed bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
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.
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