Japanese reed bunting
Japanese reed bunting | |
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illustration of a breeding male (below) with a reed bunting (above) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Genus: | Emberiza |
Species: | E. yessoensis |
Binomial name | |
Emberiza yessoensis (Swinhoe, 1863) | |
The Japanese reed bunting or ochre-rumped bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.
It is found in Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Description
15 cm length. Typically, 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.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Emberiza yessoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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