Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) - HBW 16, p. 524
French: Bruant à sourcils jaunes
German: Gelbbrauenammer
Spanish: Escribano Cejigualdo
Taxonomy: Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas, 1776, Daurian Range, southern Chita, south-eastern Siberia, Russia.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Ocyris. Recent phylogenetic study suggests that this species may form part of a clade with E. tristrami, with E. variabilis as sister-species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in E Siberia from Irkutsk, R Nizhnyaya Tunguska and Bratsk E to R Vilyuy and Yakutsk, S to Chamar Daban range (S of L Baikal) and Stanovoy Mts. Winters in S & E China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult male feeding on seed, lateral views. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 3 May 2011 1 year ago 1 min 9 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched in a bush Locality Beijing Botanic Gardens, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 November 2007 5 years ago 26 sec 3.7 -
Adult female, breeding plumage bird feeding on ground, some close-ups. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 20 May 2010 2 years ago 2 min 33 sec 3.5 -
A bird calling in a tree and flying away. Locality Happy Island, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 May 2008 4 years ago 11 sec 3.5 -
A bird walking and foraging on the ground. Locality Happy Island, Hebei, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 May 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 3.5 -
Adult female feeding on ground. Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 20 May 2010 2 years ago 59 sec 3
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