Emberiza fucata
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In 3 days <5%
The chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting, with the latter name also used for grey-necked bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red".
It is 15 to 16 cm in length. The plumage is mostly brown with dark streaks. The male has a grey crown and nape with dark streaks, chestnut ear-coverts and bands of black and chestnut across the breast. There is a rufous patch on the shoulders and the rump is also rufous. Females are similar to the males but duller with a less distinct head and breast pattern. First-winter birds are plainer but show warm brown ear-coverts and have an obvious ring around the eye.
Its voice is similar to the rustic bunting but quieter. The song is a rapid twittering which begins with staccato notes and then accelerates before ending with a distinctive two or three note phrase. The call is an explosive pzick.
The breeding range extends from the Himalayas locally across China to south-eastern Siberia, Korea and northern... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-eared Bunting sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 165th most-seen of the 229 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 Chestnut-eared Bunting in Tokyo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-eared 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.
12th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Chestnut-eared Bunting sightings, Tokyo ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Quanzhou (China, about 30%), Kitakyushu (Japan, about 10%) and Kolkata (India, under 5%).
Same genus: Emberiza
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-eared Bunting that you can see in Tokyo (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Masked Bunting (about 20%) and Meadow Bunting (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-eared Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Tokyo (41 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.
