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Rustic Bunting

Emberiza rusticaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Breeding Location:

Forests, coniferous, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Casual to accidential on northwest coast



Egg Color:

Light blue or green with dark markings



Number of Eggs:

4 - 5



Incubation Days:

11 - 13



Egg Incubator:

Both sexes



Nest Material:

Grasses, moss, and stems., Lined with finer grasses, hair, roots, and feathers.



Migration:

Migratory



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Overview

Rustic Bunting: Medium bunting with bright chestnut-brown upperparts streaked with black on back. Throat and belly are white, breast band is cinnamon-brown, and sides and flanks are streaked. Black head has slight crest and thick white eyebrow. The tail is dark brown with white edges.

Range and Habitat

Rustic Bunting: Eurasian species. During migration, visits Aleutians and other islands in the Bering Sea; casual along the Pacific coast to California. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests, riparian thickets, wet taiga, scrub, and brushy areas.

Breeding and Nesting

Rustic Bunting: Four to five light blue or green eggs with dark markings are laid in a cup nest made of grass, moss, and stems, lined with finer grass, hair, roots, and feathers, and built on the ground atop a grassy tussock, tree roots, or low in a shrub. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Rustic Bunting: Eats insects and seeds. Forages on the ground and gleans insects from low vegetation.

Readily Eats

Safflower, Apple Slices, Suet, Millet, Peanut Kernels, Fruit

Vocalization

Rustic Bunting: Song is a gentle, trilled, gurgling warble. Call is abrasive "sit" or "tsip."

Similar Species

Rustic Bunting: Little Bunting is smaller, has shorter legs, rust-brown crown and cheeks, and lacks short crest.

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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Emberiza rustica
Length5.75 - 6 Inches
Wingspan9.75 Inches

Rustic Bunting

Rustic Bunting: Medium bunting with bright chestnut-brown upperparts streaked with black on back. Throat and belly are white, breast band is cinnamon-brown, and sides and flanks are streaked. Black head has slight crest and thick white eyebrow. The tail is dark brown with white edges.

● Song: "sit", "tsip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Rustic Bunting: Eats insects and seeds. Forages on the ground and gleans insects from low vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Rustic Bunting: Four to five light blue or green eggs with dark markings are laid in a cup nest made of grass, moss, and stems, lined with finer grass, hair, roots, and feathers, and built on the ground atop a grassy tussock, tree roots, or low in a shrub. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Rustic Bunting: Little Bunting is smaller, has shorter legs, rust-brown crown and cheeks, and lacks short crest.

Flight Pattern

Short flights., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Rustic Bunting Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Rustic Bunting: Eurasian species. During migration, visits Aleutians and other islands in the Bering Sea; casual along the Pacific coast to California. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests, riparian thickets, wet taiga, scrub, and brushy areas.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to accidential on northwest coast
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces