Emberiza godlewskii
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Godlewski's Bunting sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on a given day, based on 152 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 122 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Godlewski's Bunting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on a given day, against about 20% in August, the lowest month. January–April and October–November have too few records to rate.
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 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, in our data
Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Godlewski's Bunting sightings: about 50% 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 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Little Bunting (about 10%), Black-faced 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 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (152 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
