This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts with black flank streaks, brown upperparts, black face and throat bar, and a pink lower mandible.
The Yellow-breasted Bunting is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
On 2 September a Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) was found and photographed on Gambell. Also present is what is being described as a Pallas's Bunting (Eberiza pallasi). Yellow-breasted Bunting is an ABA Code-4 species and Pallas's Bunting is even rarer in the ABA Area, a Code-5 species. Yellow-breasted Bunting is a common species in the wet meadows with tall herbs and scattered willows and birches in the taiga within its wide range. More
* Yellow-breasted Bunting, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae * Yellow-breasted Chat, a large songbird * Yellow-breasted Crake, a species of bird in the Rallidae family * Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker, a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family * Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family * Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove, a species More
The Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family (Emberizidae). This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts with black flank streaks, brown upperparts, black face and throat bar, and a pink lower mandible. Yellow-breasted Bunting – female The female has a heavily streaked grey-brown back, and less intensely yellow underparts. More
The Yellow-breasted Bunting is considered a Vulnerable species. This is due to a rapid decline in populations. More
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola - Male in breeding plumage Yellow-breasted Bunting Photographer : More
Male yellow-breasted bunting in non-breeding plumage Male yellow-breasted bunting in non-breeding plumagePrint factsheet Facts - Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Genus Emberiza (1) Status - Classified as Near More
Yellow-Breasted Bunting determination Similar species Emberizidae Black-Faced Bunting | Black-Headed Bunting | Chestnut Bunting | Cinereous Bunting | Cirl Bunting | Corn Bunting | Cretzschmars Bunting | Dark-Eyed Junco | Fox Sparrow | House Bunting | Lapland Longspur | Little Bunting | Ortolan Bunting | Pallass Bunting | Pine Bunting | Red-headed Bunting | Reed More
The male Yellow-breasted Bunting is unmistakeable, with his startlingly yellow underparts bordered by a black face and divided by a liver-brown breast band. From behind he is the only bunting with a Chaffinch-like white wing bar on the lesser and median coverts. Female and immature birds may be only vaguely yellow on their underparts but even so they are very well-marked. More
Yellow-breasted Bunting is found in the following countries: 1. Bahrain 2. Bangladesh 3. Belarus 4. Belgium 5. Bhutan 6. Cambodia 7. China 8. Cyprus 9. More
Aspects of the topic yellow-breasted bunting are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * characteristics (in bunting (bird)) The Old World buntings are a group of about 40 species in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They include the colourful yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola), widespread across Siberia and northeastern Europe, and the reed bunting (E. More
Surely it was a Yellow-breasted Bunting, and in panic I looked around. Tourist day-trippers were everywhere but there wasn't a single birder in sight. Suddenly the bird took off, flying towards the cliff edge before vanishing. White outer feathers on the short tail confirmed the identification. Rushing to the edge I looked left and right before spotting Anthony Norris and John Sanderson watching a bird near Carr Naze Pond. More
BUNTING, YELLOW-BREASTED: (Emberiza aureola) Russia, Russian Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula, Yellow-breasted bunting on angelica. (Emberiza aureola) Russia, Russian Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula, Yellow-breasted bunting on angelica. More
Yellow-breasted Bunting records in the Western Isles Very rare visitor (less than 5 records) TBC The chart below shows how abundant the Yellow-breasted Bunting is during a month or when you are more likely to see it. More