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Location: Beidaihe, Hebei, China

Emberiza rutila

[edit] Identification

14-15cm. Male - chestnut brown upperparts and head, yellow belly and breast, streaked at sides, short tail. Female - dull brown, dark streaks on upperparts, pale yellow underparts, dull chestnut rump, buff throat.

[edit] Distribution

Siberia, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China. Winters in southern China, south-east Asia and north-east India.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open forest with shrubs. Winters in farmland, scrub and woodland edges.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links