Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) - HBW 16, p. 514
French: Bruant à longue queue
German: Wiesenammer
Spanish: Escribano de Brandt
Other common names: Siberian Meadow Bunting, Long-tailed/Red-eared Bunting; Japanese Meadow Bunting (ciopsis)
Taxonomy: Emberiza cioides J. F. Brandt, 1843, Siberia.
Japanese race ciopsis differs quite strongly from others both in head colour and in vocalizations, and could be worthy of species status; further study needed. Geographical variation somewhat clinal, involving size and colour saturation: other proposed races include shiretokoensis (described from E Hokkaido, in N Japan), synonymized with ciopsis; in SE Russia, ussuriensis (from Ussuri) and vagans (from mouth of Sidemi, in Amur Bay and mid-Ussuri), both subsumed in weigoldi; and, in China, tangutorum (from near Xining, in W Qinghai), treated as s.. View all taxonomy...
Japanese race ciopsis differs quite strongly from others both in head colour and in vocalizations, and could be worthy of species status; further study needed. Geographical variation somewhat clinal, involving size and colour saturation: other proposed races include shiretokoensis (described from E Hokkaido, in N Japan), synonymized with ciopsis; in SE Russia, ussuriensis (from Ussuri) and vagans (from mouth of Sidemi, in Amur Bay and mid-Ussuri), both subsumed in weigoldi; and, in China, tangutorum (from near Xining, in W Qinghai), treated as synonym of nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tarbagataica Sushkin, 1925 - NW China from SW Altai S to C & E Tien Shan (in N Xinjiang).
- cioides J. F. Brandt, 1843 - SC Siberia from E Altai E to Mongolia and adjacent Transbaikalia (Buryatia) in EC Russia.
- weigoldi Jacobi, 1923 - E of Transbaikalia in SE Russia (Amurland and Ussuriland), S to NE China (S to Hebei) and N Korea.
- tarbagataica Sushkin, 1925 - NW China from SW Altai S to C & E Tien Shan (in N Xinjiang).
- cioides J. F. Brandt, 1843 - SC Siberia from E Altai E to Mongolia and adjacent Transbaikalia (Buryatia) in EC Russia.
- weigoldi Jacobi, 1923 - E of Transbaikalia in SE Russia (Amurland and Ussuriland), S to NE China (S to Hebei) and N Korea.
- castaneiceps F. Moore, 1856 - E China (S of Hebei) and S Korea.
- ciopsis Bonaparte, 1850 - S Sakhalin I and Kuril Is S through Japanese islands to Yakushima (S of Kyushu).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair foraging on the grass. Locality Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp ciopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
A bird calling from a branch then flying away Locality Bai He River, Hebei, China (Northern)
Keith Blomerley 4 May 2010 2 years ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A male calling with food in the beak. Locality Ilistay River, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp weigoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 June 2009 3 years ago 34 sec 3.3 -
A male singing from a tree Locality Horqin, Inner Mongolia, China (Northern)
Keith Blomerley 8 May 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A perched male, calling nervously. Locality Ilistay River, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp weigoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 June 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 3 -
A distant male perched Locality Kyong Ju, South Korea (ssp castaneiceps)
John Gregory 30 November 1999 5 years ago 36 sec 2.9
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Meadow Bunting in sasa grass.
Locality Minoh (Minoo), Osaka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
kawasemi 15 July 2009 3 years ago 2.8 -
A male foraging on the snow.
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp ciopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 2.7 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp ciopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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A bird continuously calling.
Locality Ilistay River, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp weigoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 June 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
A bird singing.
Locality Ilistay River, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp weigoldi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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