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Black-faced Bunting

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Photo by Akiko HidakaMale, Kanto, Japan
Photo by Akiko Hidaka
Male, Kanto, Japan
Emberiza spodocephala

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[edit] Identification

16 cm
Breeding male

  • Head dark grey
  • Yellow green and black markings between bill and eye
  • Upperparts brown, heavily streaked with black
  • Brown rump
  • Dark brown tail
  • Yellow-white underparts
  • Fine dark brown flank streaks
  • Pink stout bill

Female and young birds

  • Weaker head pattern
  • Olive-grey cheeks
  • Weak creamy-white supercilium
  • Underparts creamy yellow heavily streaked with dark brown.

[edit] Distribution

Photo by anonymous guyLocation: Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Photo by anonymous guy
Location: Lamma Island, Hong Kong

Southern Siberia, northern China and northern Japan; wintering in northeast India, southern China and northern southeast Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies:

  • E. s. spodocephala
  • E. s. sordida
  • E. s. personata

[edit] Habitat

Dense undergrowth along streams and rivers in the taiga zone, close to water in agricultural or other open bushy habitats.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It builds a nest in a tree or on the ground and 4-5 eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes mainly seeds; the young are fed insects.

[edit] References

  1. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

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