Alternative name: Chestnut-breasted Bunting
- Emberiza stewarti
Identification
15cm (6 in)
- Rufous upperparts
- Grey underparts
- Whitish-grey head
- Black eye stripe
- Black throat extending to sides of head
- White upper breast
- Broad chestnut breast band
- Brownish wings
- Long tail
Distribution
Asia: found in southern Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan, China, Tibet, northern Pakistan, and north-western India and Western Himalayas.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Boreal shrubland, mountain scrub, rocky gulleys in lightly wooded hillsides, forests, temperate grassland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of a variety of seeds, with the addition of berries in the autumn and winter. Youngsters are fed mostly on insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
- Avianweb
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-capped Bunting. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-capped_Bunting
