Tristram's Bunting

Tristram's Bunting

Emberiza tristrami

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Suzhou

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

63 Verified sightings at Suzhou
April Best month

About the Tristram's Bunting

Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami) is a bird in the family Emberizidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It breeds in eastern Manchuria and the Russian Far East and winters in central and southern China.

It is accidental in Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and north-eastern India. Its natural habitat is boreal forests. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Nocturnal flight call0:13

China · 2026

© Xiangrong Yan · XC1184464 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:59

China · 2026

© Peter Boesman · XC1147493 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Alarm call0:19

China · 2016

© Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 · XC843296 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jinhua 🇨🇳 China
~20%
2 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Changsha 🇨🇳 China
~10%
4 Ningbo 🇨🇳 China
~10%
5 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
6 Shanghai 🇨🇳 China
<5%
7 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
8 Hefei 🇨🇳 China
<5%
9 Busan 🇰🇷 South Korea
<5%
10 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Tristram's Bunting in Suzhou?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tristram's Bunting sighting in Suzhou on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Tristram's Bunting in Suzhou?

April

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tristram's Bunting in Suzhou on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November–March, the lowest months.

Is Suzhou the best place to see a Tristram's Bunting?

5th of 14

Of the 14 cities where we can rate Tristram's Bunting sightings, Suzhou ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jinhua (China, about 20%), Hangzhou (China, about 10%) and Changsha (China, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Tristram's Bunting live in Suzhou?

Same genus: Emberiza

The closest relatives of the Tristram's Bunting that you can see in Suzhou (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Black-faced Bunting (about 20%) and Yellow-throated Bunting (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Tristram's Bunting sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Tristram's Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Suzhou (63 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.

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