Bird group

Old World Buntings

44 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Black-faced Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-headed Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Brown-rumped Bunting
Emberiza affinis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-rumped Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Cabanis's Bunting
Emberiza cabanisi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cabanis's Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Cape Bunting
Emberiza capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cape Bunting is an Old World bunting of southern African open country and rocky hills. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza rutila
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Chestnut Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on seeds,…

Chestnut-eared Bunting
Emberiza fucata
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Chestnut-eared Bunting is an Old World bunting of Japan and nearby East Asian islands. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Cinereous Bunting
Emberiza cineracea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinereous Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and nearby dry mountains. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Emberiza tahapisi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinnamon-breasted Bunting is an Old World bunting of southern African open country and rocky hills. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cirl Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and nearby dry mountains. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Corn Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Crested Bunting
Crested Bunting
Emberiza lathami
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Crested Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country, scrub,…

Cretzschmar's Bunting
Emberiza caesia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cretzschmar's Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and nearby dry mountains. It feeds on seeds, shoots,…

Godlewski's Bunting
Emberiza godlewskii
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Godlewski's Bunting is an Old World bunting of China and adjacent East Asian mountains and woodland. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Golden-breasted Bunting
Emberiza flaviventris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-breasted Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Gosling's Bunting
Emberiza goslingi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gosling's Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Gray Bunting
Emberiza variabilis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray Bunting is an Old World bunting of Japan and nearby East Asian islands. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country,…

Gray-necked Bunting
Emberiza buchanani
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray-necked Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

House Bunting
Emberiza sahari
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The House Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and nearby dry mountains. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Lark-like Bunting
Emberiza impetuani
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lark-like Bunting is an Old World bunting of southern African open country and rocky hills. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in…

Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Little Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Masked Bunting
Emberiza personata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Masked Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on seeds,…

Meadow Bunting
Emberiza cioides
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Meadow Bunting is an Old World bunting of China and adjacent East Asian mountains and woodland. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects…

Ochre-rumped Bunting
Emberiza yessoensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ochre-rumped Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Ortolan Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Pallas's Bunting
Emberiza pallasi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pallas's Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on seeds,…

Pine Bunting
Emberiza leucocephalos
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Pine Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Red-headed Bunting
Emberiza bruniceps
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Red-headed Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Reed Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Rock Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Rufous-backed Bunting
Emberiza jankowskii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-backed Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
Vulnerable≈ 1M–5M

The Rustic Bunting is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Slaty Bunting
Emberiza siemsseni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Slaty Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country, scrub,…

Socotra Bunting
Emberiza socotrana
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Socotra Bunting is an Old World bunting of Socotra. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country, scrub, farmland, reeds, or…

Somali Bunting
Emberiza poliopleura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Somali Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Horn of Africa and nearby drylands. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…

Striolated Bunting
Emberiza striolata
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Striolated Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and nearby dry mountains. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and…

Tibetan Bunting
Emberiza koslowi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tibetan Bunting is an Old World bunting of China and adjacent East Asian mountains and woodland. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects…

Tristram's Bunting
Emberiza tristrami
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Tristram's Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

White-capped Bunting
Emberiza stewarti
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The White-capped Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country, scrub,…

Yellow Bunting
Emberiza sulphurata
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Yellow Bunting is an Old World bunting of Japan and nearby East Asian islands. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open country,…

Yellow-breasted Bunting
Emberiza aureola
Critically Endangered≈ Unknown

The Yellow-breasted Bunting is an Old World bunting of northern Eurasian breeding areas and South to Southeast Asian wintering regions. It…

Yellow-browed Bunting
Emberiza chrysophrys
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Yellow-browed Bunting is an Old World bunting of Eurasian and African open country, farmland, scrub, and mountain slopes. It feeds on…

Yellow-throated Bunting
Emberiza elegans
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-throated Bunting is an Old World bunting of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects…

Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
Least Concern≈ 73M–186M

The Yellowhammer is an Old World bunting of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It feeds on seeds, shoots, and insects in open…