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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - PASSERIFORMES |
| Black-faced Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza spodocephala | PAL | temperate nc, ne, c Palearctic shrubby areas in woodland: sc Russia and n Mongolia e to Sea of Okhotsk and n Sakhalin (se Russia) and s to ne Inner Mongolia, n Heilongjiang (ne China) and n, c Korean Pen.; disjunctly Qinghai and Shaanxi s to Yunnan and Gu | PAL, OR : subtropical e Asian disturbed areas, wetlands : c Nepal through ne Himalayas, n se Asia, s, e China, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan) |
| Black-headed Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza melanocephala | PAL | sc Europe to sw Asian open woods, scrub: sw France, Italy, Balkans ne to se Ukraine and sw Russia and Caucasus; in s to Greece, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus to n Israel and n Jordan, e through nw Syria and n Iraq to nc, se Iran | w Indian fields, thickets: far w to nc plains and s to sc Indian Pen. |
| Brown-rumped Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza affinis | AF | Sahel zone and ne African mesic woodland: Senegal, far s Mauritania to n Guinea e to w, s Ethiopia, n Uganda and w Kenya | |
| Cabanis's Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza cabanisi | AF | tropical African broadleaf woodland: Guinea and far s Mali e to far s Sudan and nw Uganda; in s to c Angola, s Zimbabwe and c Mozambique | |
| Cape Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza capensis | AF | open rocky shrubland of s Africa: sw Angola e to w Mozambique, s through s South Africa | |
| Chestnut Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza rutila | PAL | temperate c, ec Palearctic open forest: sc Russia and nc Mongolia to s Sea of Okhotsk and Ussuriland (se Russia) and ne Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) | subtropical e Asian openings and fields: Nagaland to Mizoram (ne India), n, c se Asia and s China |
| Chestnut-eared Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza fucata | PAL | disjunctly in subtropical w Himalayas, c China and n temperate ne Asia, in scrubby hills: montane nw Pakistan through Himalayas to c Nepal; Sichuan and s Shaanxi s to se Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou; nc, ne Mongolia, s Transbaikalia to Sakhalin (se Russia), | s temperate to subtropical e Asian marshes and fields: from lower in Himalayas to e India and Bangladesh, se Asia (except Malay Pen.), c, e China, Korean Pen. and Honshu s to Izu and Ryukyu is. (c to s, se Japan) |
| Cinereous Bunting (NT) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza cineracea | PAL | sc W Palearctic dry rocky hills: Lesbos and Chios (e Greece), sw, c, se Turkey, n Iraq and far nw Iran | coastal s Red Sea from ne Sudan through Eritrea and sw Arabian Pen., in dry open areas |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza tahapisi | AF | subtropical to tropical ne to s African rocky hillsides: Gabon e to ne Somalia and Socotra, sw, sc Arabian Pen., s through South Africa | |
| Cirl Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza cirlus | PAL, AF | s temperate to subtropical w Palearctic scrubby woodlands: far s England, France, s Germany e through s Romania; in s to Iberian Pen. and coastal Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa), Mediterranean including Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and | to nearby fields |
| Common Reed Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza schoeniclus | PAL | subarctic to temperate Palearctic marshes: British Isles, Scandinavia and nw Russia through Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia); in s through Iberian Pen. and nw Morocco, e through Mediterranean, Turkey, Caucasus, n, sc Iran, Turk | short-range southward movements into wider habitat range |
| Corn Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza calandra | PAL | temperate to subtropical w Palearctic grassland: British Isles and w Europe n to s Scandinavia, Latvia and sw Russia, s to Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, nw of w Africa), Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa), through Mediterranean to Turkey, Israel and w Jordan | some short-range southward movement; fields and reeds |
| Crested Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza lathami | OR | montane grass and scrub of s Asia to e China: ne Pakistan and far w, c India to c, ec China and s through n se Asia | to lower elevations grass, cultivation with short-range southward movement |
| Cretzschmar's Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza caesia | PAL | ne Mediterranean semiarid coastal plain and islets: s Albania, Greece, Crete, w, s Turkey and Cyprus to Israel and w Jordan | to s Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and s Arabian Pen., in open semiarid habitats (poorly known) |
| Godlewski's Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza godlewskii | PAL | temperate to subtropical montane c, e Palearctic rocky slopes: e Kyrgyzstan, w Xinjiang (w China), sc Russia to Transbaikalia, Mongolia to c Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Hebei (ne China); in s to w, s, e Tibet, ne Arunachal Pradesh (ne India) to n Yun | to cultivation at lower elevations |
| Golden-breasted Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza flaviventris | AF | Sahel zone and disjunctly e, s Africa in open woodland: s Mauritania to n Eritrea and far n Ethiopia; s DR Congo and far s South Sudan through e Africa, s through South Africa (except sw) | |
| Gosling's Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza goslingi | AF | Sahel zone rocky hillsides: Mauritania and Senegal e to sw Sudan and ne DR Congo; in s to n Cameroon, n Central African Republic and n South Sudan | |
| Grey Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza variabilis | PAL | temperate far ne Palearctic forest: s Kamchatka, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin (e Russia) to Japan | temperate to subtropical e Asian woodland and parks: mainly Honshu to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto; c to s Japan) |
| Grey-necked Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza buchanani | PAL | temperate montane sw to sc Palearctic dry rocky hills: e Turkey, ne Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, s Turkmenistan, e Uzbekistan, c, e Kazakhstan, sc Russia and w, c, s Mongolia; in s through Afghanistan to nc Pakistan and w, n Xinjiang (nw China) | to se Pakistan, far w, nc, sc India, in rocky fields |
| House Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza sahari | AF | nw, nc African arid-zone human dwellings and rocky areas: Morocco and Mauritania e to nw Libya and n Chad | |
| Jankowski's Bunting (EN) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza jankowskii | PAL | temperate ne Palearctic (rare) shrubby grassland: far e Mongolia, e Inner Mongolia and w Jilin (ne China), formerly also Heilongjiang and far se Russia | to Beijing and Liaoning, at least formerly far n Korean Pen. |
| Lark-like Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza impetuani | AF | w southern African succulent and grassy Karoo: coastal c Angola to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and w, c South Africa | |
| Little Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza pusilla | PAL | low Arctic to n temperate Palearctic in shrubby tundra to taiga: far n Scandinavia through Russia to Chukotka; in s to far nc Mongolia (probably) and disjunctly in ne China | subtropical e Asian edges and open areas: to nc, ne India, n Bangladesh, n se Asia, s, e China, Korean Pen., Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan) and Taiwan |
| Masked Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza personata | PAL | temperate far ne Palearctic woodland edge: s Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), Hokkaido and n, c Honshu (n, c Japan) | temperate to subtropical e Asian woodland and disturbed areas: n Honshu to Izu and Ryukyu is. (c, s Japan) |
| Meadow Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza cioides | PAL | temperate c, e Palearctic open woods: e Kazakhstan and e Kyrgyzstan through s Russia, Mongolia, ne China to Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia); in s to n Xinjiang, Yunnan and Zhejiang (nw, sc, se China), Korean Pen., and Hokkaido to Yakushima (n to s Japa | some move to lower elevations |
| Ochre-rumped Bunting (NT) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza yessoensis | PAL | far ec Palearctic marshes: patchily in far e Mongolia, Heilongjiang (ne China), far se Ussuriland (se Russia) and Honshu to Kyushu (c to s Japan) | c Honshu to Kyushu (c, s Japan), Korean Pen. and coastal ec China |
| Ortolan Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza hortulana | PAL | s, e subarctic to subtropical open wooded hills: w, c Palearctic: Scandinavia patchily to Iberian Pen., e through Baltic region, w, sc Russia, n Kazakhstan, far n Xinjiang (nw China) and w, c, s Mongolia; in s through coastal Algeria, n Mediterranean to T | to Sahel, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and coastal s Arabian Pen., in upland semiarid habitats |
| Pallas's Reed Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza pallasi | PAL | low Arctic to n temperate c, e Palearctic tundra to tussock grass: n Yamalia (ne European Russia) to s Chukotka (ne Russia), s to Sea of Okhotsk and n Kamchatka; disjunctly in far ne Kazakhstan, Altay (sc Russia) e to w Amurland, in s through n, c Mongoli | temperate e Asian fields: to s Ussuriland, Korean Pen., c, e China |
| Pine Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza leucocephalos | PAL | temperate c, e Palearctic forest edge, openings: wc Russia from Ural Mts. e to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), s through nc, ne Kazakhstan, e Kyrgyzstan and nw Xinjiang (nw China), n, c Mongolia and ne China; disjunctly in ne Qinghai a | to s temperate c, e Palearctic open areas: to n Iran, n Afghanistan, nw, wc Pakistan, w, c Himalayas; c to ne China, se Russia, Korean Pen. and s Japan |
| Red-headed Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza bruniceps | PAL | temperate c Palearctic shrub-steppe to oases: sw Russia in Astrakhan, Kazakhstan (except far n) and se Orenburg (sc Russia) to nw Xinjiang (nw China) and far sw Mongolia; in s to nc, ne Iran, n, e Afghanistan and n Baluchistan, far w Pakistan through Taji | Indian fields: far w to nw, nc sub-Himalayan plains and through Indian Pen. (except ne) |
| Rock Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza cia | PAL | subtropical to temperate montane w, c Palearctic rocky, bushy slopes: Iberian Pen. and c France through s Germany, Slovakia, sw Russia through n Iran and s Turkmenistan to e Kazakhstan, nw, w Xinjiang (nw China) and e to far w Mongolia; in s from Morocco | some move to cultivation at lower elevations |
| Rustic Bunting (VU) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza rustica | PAL | subarctic to temperate Palearctic swamp forest: Scandinavia (except far n and s) across Russia to s Chukotka, Kamchatka, s to n Altai and n Sakhalin (e Russia) | temperate to subtropical e Asian open areas: e China, Korean Pen. and Honshu to Ryukyu Is. (c to s Japan) |
| Slaty Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza siemsseni | PAL | montane c China bamboo: se Gansu, c, se Sichuan and s Shaanxi, and probably also Hubei and Anhui | to lower elevations and disturbed habitats of c, se, ec China |
| Socotra Bunting (NT) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza socotrana | AF | densely vegetated rocky slopes of montane Socotra | to lower elevations |
| Somali Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza poliopleura | AF | ne Africa semiarid scrub: c Ethiopia and Somalia (except ne) s through far se South Sudan to n Tanzania | |
| Striolated Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza striolata | PAL, AF | subtropical ne African to sw Asian rocky scrublands: patchily in ne Chad and e Egypt to ne Somalia and s to nw Kenya; Sinai Pen., Israel and w Jordan, Arabian Pen., s Iran, ne Afghanistan, sub-Himalayan Pakistan and far w India | to wc Indian fields |
| Tibetan Bunting (NT) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza koslowi | PAL | ec Palearctic alpine scrub: montane se Tibet and s Qinghai (wc China) | |
| Tristram's Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza tristrami | PAL | temperate far ne Palearctic mixed/conifer forest: Amurland and Ussuriland, (se Russia), n Outer Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) and n, c Korean Pen. | subtropical e Asian wooded hills: e to far ne India, n Myanmar, s, ec China and n Vietnam |
| White-capped Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza stewarti | OR | montane temperate c Asia dry woods: ec, s Kazakhstan, e Uzbekistan and far e Turkmenistan, through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through Afghanistan and n, wc Pakistan, Kashmir to c Himachal Pradesh | to far w and c India in open areas |
| Yellow Bunting i U | Emberizidae | Emberiza sulphurata | PAL | temperate far e Palearctic forest edge: montane n, c Honshu (nc Japan) | far se Asian scrub, fields: se China, Taiwan and (mainly) n Philippines |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting (CR) i | Emberizidae | Emberiza aureola | PAL | subarctic to n temperate Palearctic bushy areas: Murmansk (far nw Russia; formerly e Finland) e to s Chukotka, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is., Sakhalin (e Russia); in s to far n Kazakhstan, far n Xinjiang (nw China), n, c Mongolia, n Inner Mongolia an | subtropical e Asian fields: sub-Himalayan zone from c Nepal e through se Asia (except s Malay Pen.) and se China |
| Yellow-browed Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza chrysophrys | PAL | temperate e Palearctic taiga: Irkutsk Oblast and Sakha Republic (sc, ec Russia) | subtropical e Asia forest edge: to sc, e China |
| Yellow-throated Bunting i | Emberizidae | Emberiza elegans | PAL | temperate e Asia forest edge: Amurland, s Khabarovsk and Ussuriland (se Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) to Korean Pen., Oki and Tsushima (c Japan); disjunctly Gansu to Shaanxi and s to Yunnan and Hunan (se, c, se China) | temperate to subtropical far e Asian woodland and open areas: Korean Pen., Honshu to Ryukyu Is. (c, s Japan), se China and Taiwan |
| Yellowhammer i | Emberizidae | Emberiza citrinella | PAL | subarctic to s temperate montane w, c Palearctic edge and openings: British Isles, n Scandinavia to n Iberian Pen., e through subarctic Russia to c Siberia, s through montane n Mediterranean region, Balkans and Caucasus, e through n Kazakhstan and far nc | short-range to moderate southward movement to fields, orchards: to s Iberian Pen., Turkey, Israel, w Iran, s Kazakhstan to n Afghanistan |
77% 34 species of 44 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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