Godlewski's Bunting - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Eastern Rock Bunting

Photo by Oleg Chernyshov
Altay Republic, West Siberia, Russia, May 2012

Emberiza godlewskii

Identification

17 cm

Distribution

Europe and Asia
Eastern Europe: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
Asia: China, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Assam
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• E. g. decolorata:

• Western China (foothills of w Tarim Basin in Xinjiang)

• E. g. godlewskii:

• Mongolia to north-western China

• E. g. khamensis:

• Tibet to western Sichuan and southern Qinghai

• E. g. yunnanensis:

• South-eastern Tibet to northern Myanmar, northern Yunnan, north-eastern Sichuan and western Hubei

• E. g. omissa:

• Southern Mongolia to Hubei, Shaanxi and nw Sichuan

Habitat

Forest eges, rockly slopes with bushes and river sides.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of grass seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Godlewski's Bunting. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Godlewski%27s_Bunting

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