Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
About the Chestnut Bunting
The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in the East Palearctic. It is a fairly small bunting, 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) in length. The tail is fairly short with little or no white on the outer feathers. Breeding males have bright chestnut-brown upperparts and head. The breast and belly are yellow with streaks on the sides. Non-breeding males are similar but duller with the chestnut partly hidden by pale fringes to the feathers. The female is mostly dull brown with dark streaks above while the underparts are mainly pale yellow. The rump is dull chestnut and the throat is buff. The variable, high-pitched song is given from a perch low in a tree. The call is a short zick, similar to the call of the little bunting.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 30 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, Russia, Taiwan (China), Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephalarecording
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalarecording
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisirecording
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusrecording
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusrecording
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandrarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.