Emberiza striolata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The striolated bunting (Emberiza striolata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It is 14 cm (5.5 in) long, similar in size to the house bunting and smaller than the similarly plumaged rock bunting. The breeding male has a chestnut body, and grey head with darker streaking and a white supercilium and moustachial streak. The female's head has a brown tint to the grey, and more diffused streaking.
The striolated bunting has stronger facial striping and a paler belly than the house bunting, which used to be considered conspecific as the subspecies E. s. sahari. Birds in eastern Chad (E. striolata jebelmarrae) show some evidence of intergradation with the house bunting.
The song, given from a perch, is similar to but weaker than that of the common chaffinch. It is a resident breeder of dry country from Chad, east through south-west Asia to north-western India. and in Africa. It breeds in remote wadis (not around human habitation like the related house bunting), usually close to streams, laying two to four eggs in a nest on the ground or in a hole... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodhpur | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striolated Bunting sighting in Jodhpur on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 127 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Striolated Bunting in Jodhpur on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Jodhpur's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striolated 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 Jodhpur, in our data
Jodhpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striolated Bunting sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striolated Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Jodhpur (16 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.
