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Yellow-throated Bunting
Emberiza elegans
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About the Yellow-throated Bunting
The yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans), also known as the elegant bunting, is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Russia, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests. Emberiza elegans follows Type II chain migration. Research on isotopes from feathers has revealed that northern populations begin migration before southern populations. Additionally, a latitudinal gradient in hydrogen isotopes suggest that northern breeders spend winters further north than their southern counterparts.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Emberiza elegans
- Family
- Old World Buntings
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the old world buntings family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
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