Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza rutila
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Old World Buntings (Emberizidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in the East Palearctic.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds south-central Russia and north-central Mongolia eastward to southern Sea of Okhotsk and Ussuriland and northeastern China; winters from Nagaland and Mizoram (northeastern India) eastward through southern China and southward to central Indochina.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Chestnut bunting
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
