Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans)
French: Bruant élégant
German: Gelbkehlammer
Spanish: Escribano Elegante
Other common names: Elegant/Yellow-headed Bunting
Taxonomy: Emberiza elegans Temminck, 1836, Japan.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Cristemberiza. Recent phylogenetic analyses indicate that this is a sister-species of Latoucheornis siemsseni. Geographical variation not fully understood and complicated further because descriptions of some proposed races were based on individuals in passage; further study required. Proposed race ticehursti (described from Sidemi R, in S Ussuriland) included within nominate. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- elegans Temminck, 1836 - breeds from Russian Far East and NE China to Korea and Tsushima I (SW Japan); winters mainly in Korea, S Japan and SE China.
- elegantula Swinhoe, 1870 - breeds in C China (S Gansu and S Shaanxi S to Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan); winter records S to NE Myanmar.
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Male winter resident on log eating insects from log and dried sprouts Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 4 January 2011 1 year ago 53 sec 3.7 -
winter plumaged male (maybe), front view perched, calling Locality Chosun Beach, Busan, Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (ssp elegans)
Martin Kennewell 15 February 2008 21 weeks ago 18 sec 3.6 -
Two birds in non-breeding plumage feeding on a reed. Locality Miike Crater Lake, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp elegans)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 3.6 -
feeding on ground Locality Chosun Beach, Busan, Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (ssp elegans)
Martin Kennewell 15 February 2008 21 weeks ago 27 sec 3.4 -
Yellow-throated Bunting, adult male singing on territory, frontal view. Locality Zushan Forest Park, Old Peak, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 19 May 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 3.3 -
Male winter resident bird eating insects off of dead log and dry shoots Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 4 January 2011 1 year ago 53 sec 3.3
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One bird
Locality Jeung-do Island, Jeollan Province, South Korea
Rémi Bigonneau 11 November 2011 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
Perched on berry tree
Locality Wisdom Valley, Beijing, China (Northern)
Bob Thompson 5 October 2011 17 weeks ago 3.6 -
Frontal view of a male.
Locality China (Northern)
Ken Havard 8 December 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Yellow-throated Bunting, adult male, upperpart view.
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 28 October 2007 2 years ago 3.5 -
Yellow-throated Bunting, Male, Beidaihe, Hebei, China
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 8 November 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
Yellow-throated Bunting, 1st winter female, lateral view.
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 3 November 2007 2 years ago 3.4
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A bird giving its one note, repetitive call. Locality Ussuriysk Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp elegans)
Josep del Hoyo 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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