Ochre-rumped bunting

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Ochre-rumped bunting
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. yessoensis
Binomial name
Emberiza yessoensis
(Swinhoe, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Schœnicolus yessoënsisR. Swinhoe, 1874

The ochre-rumped bunting (Emberiza yessoensis), also known as the Japanese reed bunting, is a bird in the family Emberizidae. It is found in Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps. [2] [3] It is threatened by habitat loss. [2] In South Korea it is classified as an endangered species. [2]

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Taxonomy

The bird family Emberizidae contains 44 seed-eating species confined to the Old World. The ochre-rumped bunting was first described as Schoenicola yessoensis by Robert Swinhoe in 1874. [2] [4] The species epithet, yessoensis, describes the bird as being found on Yesso (Hokkaido). [4] [5] Within its genus, the ochre-rumped bunting is most closely related to the common reed bunting and Pallas's reed bunting, which have sometimes been classified as being in their own genus Schoeniclus.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognised- E. y. continentalis, which breeds in eastern Mongolia, northeast China and Ussuriland and winters in east China and E. y. yessoensis which breeds and winters in Japan and also winters in Korea. [6]

Description

It is 15 cm in length. Typically, it is the richest-coloured of the reed buntings, with the pinkest legs and bill in winter. Adult males have a dark back, chestnut upperparts, and are striped black and buff on the breast and sides. They have a brown nape, and the sides of neck are whitish. Females have a buffy submoustachial and throat, black malar stripes, and a dark brown crown with pale streaking. Juveniles have a pale greyish-brown central crown stripe and a yellowish brown rump. The calls of the ochre-rumped bunting can be transcribed as 'sur-swee-ik' and 'tik'.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Emberiza yessoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T22721016A181093139. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721016A181093139.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Details - Emberiza yessoensis)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  3. ↑ BirdLife International (BirdLife International) (2020-08-06). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Emberiza yessoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived from the original on 2025-02-22. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  4. 1 2 R. Swinhoe (1874). "On some Birds from Hakodadi, in Northern Japan". Ibis . 3. 4 (2): 150-166 [161]. doi:10.1111/J.1474-919X.1874.TB05934.X. ISSN   1474-919X. Wikidata   Q103898639.
  5. ↑ Blakiston, T. (1863). "Corrections and Additions to Captain BLAKISTON'S Paper "On the Ornithology of Northern Japan"". Ibis. IV (16): 99.
  6. ↑ Copete, J.L. "Ochre-rumped Bunting" . Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.ocrbun1.01. S2CID   216258322 . Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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