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Location: Mishima Island, Japan

Emberiza pallasi

[edit] Identification

5½″ (14 cm). Grey/brown upperparts, black streaks; white lower breast, belly, undertail coverts. Black head, throat, upper breast, white collar and moustache stripe. Black tail with white outer feathers. Female lacks black.

[edit] Distribution

Asia; western mainland of Alaska.

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[edit] Habitat

Reed beds in wetlands, lakes, and along streams in taiga and tundra; winters in grasslands and marshlands.

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