Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis) - HBW 16, p. 534
French: Bruant gris
German: Bambusammer
Spanish: Escribano Gris
Other common names: Japanese Grey Bunting
Taxonomy: Emberiza variabilis Temminck, 1836, northern Japan.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Ocyris. Recent phylogenetic study suggests that this species may be sister to E. tristrami and E. chrysophrys. Birds from Kamchatka sometimes separated as race musica. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds E Russia (S Kamchatka), Kuril Is, Sakhalin I and Japan (Hokkaido S to C Honshu). Winters mainly in S half of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Ryukyu Is (S to Okinawa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female feeding on a feeder. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A male on the ground, eating seeds. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 35 sec 3.3 -
A female jumping over the leaves to reach food. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 43 sec 3.3 -
A female bathing in a bird bath. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 20 sec 3.3 -
A male feeding on the ground. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 3 -
A female feeding and showing its characteristic plain, rufous-brown rump. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 44 sec 2.8
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A female at a feeder.
Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp variabilis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 2.8
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bird singing Locality Yatsugatake Mountains, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Desmond Allen 1 year ago 2.5
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