Ochre-rumped bunting

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Ochre-rumped bunting
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. yessoensis
Binomial name
Emberiza yessoensis
(R. Swinhoe, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Schœnicolus yessoënsisR. Swinhoe, 1863

The ochre-rumped bunting (Emberiza yessoensis), also known as the Japanese reed bunting, is a bird in the family Emberizidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863.

Contents

It is found in Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

The bird family Emberizidae contains around 300 seed-eating species, the majority of which are found in the Americas, although the genus Emberiza , with more than 40 members, is confined to the Old World. [2] Within its genus, the reed bunting is most closely related to the common reed bunting and the Pallas's reed bunting, which are sometimes classified as being in the 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. [3]

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. Male: Dark back. Upperparts chestnut, striped black and buff on breast and sides. Nape brown but sides of neck whitish. Female: Buffy submoustachial and throat, and black malar stripes, crown dark brown streaked pale. Juvenile: Pale greyish-brown central crown stripe. Rump yellowish brown. Voice: Call 'sur-swee-ik' or 'tik'. Habitat: Open fields near water.

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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. Hoyo, Josep del; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David A (eds.). "Emberizidae". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.emberi2.01. S2CID   216412784 . Retrieved 13 April 2014.(subscription required)
  3. Copete, J.L. "Ochre-rumped Bunting". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.ocrbun1.01. S2CID   216258322 . Retrieved 8 May 2020.