Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) - HBW 16, p. 527
French: Bruant auréole
German: Weidenammer
Spanish: Escribano Aureolado
Other common names: White-shouldered/Golden Bunting
Taxonomy: Emberiza aureola Pallas, 1773, Irtysh River, south-central Siberia, Russia.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Ocyris. Recent phylogenetic study suggests that this species is closely related to E. pusilla, E. rustica, E. rutila, E. sulphurata and E. spodocephala, forming a subclade with them; it has been suggested that they form a polytomous group of species, probably the result of a rapid, “simultaneous” radiation. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aureola Pallas, 1773 - breeds E Finland and W Russia E to Kamchatka, S to N Ukraine, N Kazakhstan and W & C Mongolia; winters in S & SE Asia.
- ornata Shulpin, 1928 - breeds E Transbaikalia and NE Mongolia E to NE China (Heilongjiang), Sea of Okhotsk coast, Sakhalin I, and N Japan and Kuril Is; winters in S China.
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A pair on the ground, foraging. Locality Gaivoron, Khanka Lake, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 June 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
rare bird in HK Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong
Vicky Cheng 22 November 2010 1 year ago 45 sec 4 -
Adult male passage bird, lateral and then frontal views , partly obscured by vegetation Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 7 May 2011 48 weeks ago 1 min 1 sec 3.8 -
A male singing and foraging. Locality Khasyn River, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 1 year ago 44 sec 3.8 -
A male singing and changing on branches. Locality Khasyn River, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 1 year ago 55 sec 3.7 -
A female perched in a bush, looking around and flying away. Locality Wat Roluos grasslands, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia (ssp aureola)
Josep del Hoyo 10 March 2011 38 weeks ago 21 sec 3.3
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Yellow-breasted Bunting, male, migrant, Hebei, China
Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 13 May 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A pair on the ground.
Locality Gaivoron, Khanka Lake, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 8 June 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Gaivoron, Khanka Lake, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 8 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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Song of a male in a tree.
Locality Khasyn River, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A male singing.
Locality Khasyn River, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp ornata)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2009 1 year ago 4
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