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Emberiza cioides
Range
Southern Siberia, northern and eastern China, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan
Clutch size
3–5 eggs
Size
15–16.5 cm
The meadow bunting is a passerine of eastern Asia, 15–16.5 cm long, breeding in southern Siberia, northern and eastern China, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It is fairly non-migratory, though northern birds move south. (Wikipedia, general species account)
The male is mostly rufous-brown with dark streaks on the back and a boldly patterned brown head with white eyebrows, moustachial stripe and throat and grey neck sides. The outer tail feathers are white. Three to five eggs are incubated for 11 days and the young fledge after another 11 days. The song is a short, hurried phrase from a prominent perch. (Wikipedia, general species account)