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Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureolaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Grasslands



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Casual



Egg Color:

Green gray or pale blue green marked with brown



Number of Eggs:

4 - 5



Incubation Days:

13



Egg Incubator:

Female



Nest Material:

Grasses, Lined with mammal hair and fine grass.



Migration:

Migratory



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Overview

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Medium bunting, rufous upperparts, black head. Yellow underparts with dark streaks on sides and flanks, bold chestnut-brown breast band. Black wings with large white shoulder patches, wing-bars. Swift flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Eurasian native; range includes Finland, Belarus, and Ukraine in the west, through Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia, to far eastern Russia, Korea and northern Japan; in spring migration occasionally visits western Aleutian Islands. Breeds in wet meadows with tall vegetation and scattered scrub, riverside thickets, and secondary scrub; winters in large flocks in cultivated areas, rice fields, reed beds, and grasslands.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Four to five green gray or pale blue green eggs with brown markings are laid in a nest made of grasses lined with mammal hair and fine grass, built on the ground or in low bush. Female incubates eggs for 13 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Feeds on seeds and insects; forages on the ground.

Readily Eats

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

Vocalization

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Song is a loud melodious warble "fillyu-fillyu-fillyu-fillee-fillee-fillee-teyou-teyou." Call is a low "tik-tik."

Similar Species

Yellow-breasted Bunting: None in range.

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Family
Species Emberiza aureola
Length5.5 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Yellow-breasted Bunting: Medium bunting, rufous upperparts, black head. Yellow underparts with dark streaks on sides and flanks, bold chestnut-brown breast band. Black wings with large white shoulder patches, wing-bars. Swift flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.

● Song: "fillyu-fillyu-fillyu-fillee-fillee-fillee-teyou-teyou", "tik-tik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Yellow-breasted Bunting: Feeds on seeds and insects; forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Yellow-breasted Bunting: Four to five green gray or pale blue green eggs with brown markings are laid in a nest made of grasses lined with mammal hair and fine grass, built on the ground or in low bush. Female incubates eggs for 13 days.

● Similar species: Yellow-breasted Bunting: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Swift flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Yellow-breasted Bunting Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Yellow-breasted Bunting: Eurasian native; range includes Finland, Belarus, and Ukraine in the west, through Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia, to far eastern Russia, Korea and northern Japan; in spring migration occasionally visits western Aleutian Islands. Breeds in wet meadows with tall vegetation and scattered scrub, riverside thickets, and secondary scrub; winters in large flocks in cultivated areas, rice fields, reed beds, and grasslands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces