Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami) - HBW 16, p. 523

French: Bruant de Tristram German: Tristramammer Spanish: Escribano de Tristram

Taxonomy: Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe, 1870, Amoy [= Hsiamen], Fujian, China.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Ocyris. Recent phylogenetic study suggests that this species may form part of a clade with E. chrysophrys, with E. variabilis as sister-species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds NE China (from Lesser Khingan Mts and R Zeja, in Heilongjiang) E to SE Russian Far East (Amurland and Ussuri regions, including Sikhote Alin Mts). Winters in SE China (SE Yunnan E to Fujian, also Hunan and E Sichuan); very rare winter visitor also N Thailand and N Laos, probably also N Vietnam (Tonkin).