Emberiza godlewskii
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Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is named after the Polish collector Victor Godlewski who obtained a specimen of which on the basis of which it was described by Taczanowski.
It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Russia. The adult's head, neck, and breast are grey over-all with a brown or black eye stripe, "mustache", and crown. Its underparts and rump are an orange/buff wash and its back is mottled orange and black. The tail is black and orange above and white beneath, with a definite notch at the end. It has a sparrow-like beak which is black above and pale below. The legs and feet are light pink.
Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Godlewski's Bunting sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 253rd most-seen of the 324 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Godlewski's Bunting in Beijing on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Godlewski's Bunting sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Beijing, in our data
Beijing is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Godlewski's Bunting sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Emberiza
The closest relatives of the Godlewski's Bunting that you can see in Beijing (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Little Bunting (about 20%), Yellow-throated Bunting (about 10%) and Pallas's Bunting (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Godlewski's Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (25 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
