Emberiza pusilla Pallas 1776
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776 Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: E892B0E6-DD9F-5693-8E30-79A648BDF54F; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes; family: Emberizidae; genus: Emberiza; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Con Cuong; verbatimElevation: 600 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 17.024 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 10.492 ’ E Conservation status Least Concern Distribution Little Bunting has been recorded as a fairly common to common winter visitor in West and East Tonkin (Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record for the species in North Annam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded breeding in Norway, Russian and Sweden, resident in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, non-breeding in Iran, Saudi Arabia and vagrant in Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States (IUCN 2024). Diagnosis Size: 12-14 cm. Adult non-breeding: Small with finely dark-streaked breast and flanks and rather uniform base colour of upperside. Bold broad blackish (streaky) lateral crown-stripes, eye-stripe and border to rufous-chestnut ear-coverts. Median crown- stripes, supercillium, submoustachial stripe and spot on rear ear-coverts contrastingly buffish, shows rufescent lores and forehead, whitish eye-ring (Fig. 5). Adult breeding: Attains diagnostic chestnut flush over most of head, lateral crown-stripes solid black. Juvenile: Similar to adult non-breeding. Initially shows much duller lateral crown-stripes, less neat breast and flanks streaking, brower-tinged underparts.
Authors: Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc, Nguyen, Thach Dang
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6911722998
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