Chestnut-eared Bunting
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Old World Buntings

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

LCLeast Concern
Family
Old World Buntings (Emberizidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting, with the latter name also used for grey-necked bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red".

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.