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Rustic Bunting

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Photo: (c) Людмила Алимова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

Emberiza rustica

Basic stats

Habitat

Taiga

Range

Breeds across the northern Palearctic; subspecies rustica from Scandinavia to Siberia, latifascia in far eastern Siberia

Clutch size

4–6 eggs

The rustic bunting breeds in the taiga across the northern Palearctic. Two subspecies are recognised: rustica, breeding over most of Eurasia from Scandinavia to Siberia, and latifascia, breeding in far eastern Siberia from Yakutsk to Kamchatka. Four to six eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or on the ground. (Wikipedia, general species account)

It has white underparts with a reddish flank, pink legs and a pink lower mandible. The summer male has a black head with a white throat and supercilium and a reddish breast band; the female has a heavily streaked brown back and a brown face with a whitish supercilium. The source does not detail its status in China. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Quick answers

What habitat does the Rustic Bunting live in?
Taiga
Where is the Rustic Bunting found?
Breeds across the northern Palearctic; subspecies rustica from Scandinavia to Siberia, latifascia in far eastern Siberia
How many eggs does the Rustic Bunting lay?
4–6 eggs
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