Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Bunting, Elegant Bunting, Yellow-headed Bunting

Family
Emberizidae (Old World Buntings)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1835

Habitat
Temperate and boreal forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian), South Korea (B), Taiwan (China).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (88)...)

Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) [XC268395]
by Gao Chang from Gornyy Khutor, Chernigovskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (alarm call)

Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) [XC655638]
by Ding Li Yong from Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Cristemberiza. Recent phylogenetic analyses indicate that this is a sister-species of Slaty Bunting (Emberiza siemsseni). Geographical variation not fully understood and complicated further because descriptions of some proposed subspecies were based on individuals in passage. Further study is required.

Proposed subspecies ticehursti (described from Sidemi R, in southern Ussuriland) included within nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

elegans Temminck, 1835 - Breeds from Russian Far East and north-eastern China to Korea and Tsushima I (south-western Japan). Winters mainly in Korea, southern Japan and south-eastern China.
elegantula Swinhoe, 1870 - Breeds in central China (southern Gansu and southern Shaanxi south to Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan); winter records south to north-eastern Myanmar.
ticehursti Sushkin , 1926 - Eastern Amurland; > southern Manchuria to Shandong Province.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans) - 10 files

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