Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala (Pallas, 1776) 18530
Family: Passeriformes > Emberizidae

An extremely rare visitor from eastern Asia, where it breeds in wet scrub close to watercourses. There have been a very small number of British records.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
60 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
60 records

BTO RECORDS

60 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
60 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Black-faced Bunting, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: sit emmascarat
Czech: strnad olivový
Danish: Gråhovedet Værling
Dutch: Maskergors
Estonian: hallpea-tsiitsitaja
Finnish: harmaapääsirkku
French: Bruant masqué
German: Maskenammer
Hungarian: feketearcú sármány
Icelandic: Kofratittlingur
Italian: Zigolo mascherato
Latvian: pelekgalvas sterste
Lithuanian: žilagalve starta
Norwegian: Gråhodespurv
Polish: trznadel szaroglowy
Portuguese: escrevedeira-de-faces-pretas
Slovak: strnádka olivová
Slovenian: pepelastoglavi strnad
Spanish: Escribano carinegro
Swedish: gråhuvad sparv

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

Read more studies about Black-faced Bunting on Conservation Evidence >

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