Japanese reed bunting

Japanese reed bunting
illustration of a breeding male (below) with a reed bunting (above)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: E. yessoensis
Binomial name
Emberiza yessoensis
(Swinhoe, 1863)

The Japanese reed bunting or ochre-rumped bunting (Emberiza yessoensis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.

It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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