
Old World Buntings
Emberiza
Emberiza is a genus of passerine birds of the bunting family Emberizidae. Created by Carl Linnaeus in his epic 1758 treatise, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, the genus contains 41 extant and one extinct species.
48 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 44 known species

Yellowhammer
speciesEmberiza citrinella

Reed Bunting
speciesEmberiza schoeniclus

Corn Bunting
speciesEmberiza calandra

Cirl Bunting
speciesEmberiza cirlus

Rock Bunting
speciesEmberiza cia

Meadow Bunting
speciesEmberiza cioides

Ortolan Bunting
speciesEmberiza hortulana

Black-faced Bunting
speciesEmberiza spodocephala

Rustic Bunting
speciesEmberiza rustica

Masked Bunting
speciesEmberiza personata

Little Bunting
speciesEmberiza pusilla

Yellow-throated Bunting
speciesEmberiza elegans

Black-headed Bunting
speciesEmberiza melanocephala

Pine Bunting
speciesEmberiza leucocephalos

House Bunting
speciesEmberiza sahari

Cape Bunting
speciesEmberiza capensis

Yellow-breasted Bunting
speciesEmberiza aureola

Golden-breasted Bunting
speciesEmberiza flaviventris

Chestnut-eared Bunting
speciesEmberiza fucata

Yellowhammer × Pine Bunting
hybridEmberiza citrinella × leucocephalos

Pallas's Bunting
speciesEmberiza pallasi

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
speciesEmberiza tahapisi

Lark-like Bunting
speciesEmberiza impetuani

Godlewski's Bunting
speciesEmberiza godlewskii

Red-headed Bunting
speciesEmberiza bruniceps

Yellow-browed Bunting
speciesEmberiza chrysophrys

Tristram's Bunting
speciesEmberiza tristrami

Crested Bunting
speciesEmberiza lathami

Grey-necked Bunting
speciesEmberiza buchanani

Grey Bunting
speciesEmberiza variabilis

Chestnut Bunting
speciesEmberiza rutila

Cretzschmar's Bunting
speciesEmberiza caesia

Yellow Bunting
speciesEmberiza sulphurata

Striolated Bunting
speciesEmberiza striolata

Ochre-rumped Bunting
speciesEmberiza yessoensis

White-capped Bunting
speciesEmberiza stewarti

Gosling's Bunting
speciesEmberiza goslingi

Cabanis's Bunting
speciesEmberiza cabanisi

Slaty Bunting
speciesEmberiza siemsseni

Cinereous Bunting
speciesEmberiza cineracea

Brown-rumped Bunting
speciesEmberiza affinis

Somali Bunting
speciesEmberiza poliopleura

Tibetan Bunting
speciesEmberiza koslowi

Rufous-backed Bunting
speciesEmberiza jankowskii
Socotra Bunting
speciesEmberiza socotrana

Long-legged Bunting
speciesEmberiza alcoveri
Emberiza goslingi × tahapisi
hybridEmberiza goslingi × tahapisi
Emberiza bruniceps × melanocephala
hybridEmberiza bruniceps × melanocephala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.814

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.815

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.815

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.814

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.670

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.670
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9186.