Buntings

Grey-necked Bunting

Emberiza buchanani

The Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani) is a 21 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly seeds. It migrates.

Family

Buntings

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in India, Kazakhstan, Iran, Mongolia, Armenia, Turkey, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Norway, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Nepal.

Where to see it: Gokdepe suw howdany [Gokdepe Reservoir] (Turkmenistan); Vetal Tekdi/Hill (near ARAI) (India); Khovd Bird Ringing Station, Khovd, MN (Mongolia); Lake Sorbulak · General Area; (IBA KZ097) (Kazakhstan); Kanshengel · General Area (Kazakhstan).

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist