Wildlifeof Nepal
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Finches, Sparrows & BuntingsEmberiza aureola
Basic stats
Diet
Seeds; insects when feeding young
Habitat
Open scrubby areas, dry rice fields and reedbeds, often near water
Range
Breeds across boreal and East Palearctic regions; winters in South-east Asia and India
Clutch size
4-6 eggs
Size
14-16cm
Weight
17-26g
The yellow-breasted bunting is a stocky bunting, 14 to 16cm long and weighing 17 to 26g. Breeding males have brown upperparts, a black face and throat bar and black streaks on the flanks, and females have a heavily streaked grey-brown back and paler yellow underparts. Its call is a distinctive zick (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in open scrubby areas, dry rice fields and reedbeds, often near water, and nests on the ground with four to six eggs. It winters in large flocks in rice fields and grasslands, roosting in reedbeds, in South-east Asia and India, and the source shows a male photographed in Nepal. Pallas described it in 1773 (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Yellow-breasted Bunting eat?
- Seeds; insects when feeding young
- What habitat does the Yellow-breasted Bunting live in?
- Open scrubby areas, dry rice fields and reedbeds, often near water
- Where is the Yellow-breasted Bunting found?
- Breeds across boreal and East Palearctic regions; winters in South-east Asia and India
- How many eggs does the Yellow-breasted Bunting lay?
- 4-6 eggs
- How big is the Yellow-breasted Bunting?
- 14-16cm
- How much does the Yellow-breasted Bunting weigh?
- 17-26g