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Rustic Bunting

Emberiza rusticaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Codes: Common Name: RUBU Scientific Name: EMBRUS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179538
Least Concern
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Rustic Bunting Breeding Male
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Overview

Rustic Bunting: Medium bunting with bright chestnut-brown upperparts streaked with black on back. Throat and belly are white, breast band is cinnamon-brown, and sides and flanks are streaked. Black head has slight crest and thick white eyebrow. The tail is dark brown with white edges.


Range and Habitat

Rustic Bunting: Eurasian species. During migration, visits Aleutians and other islands in the Bering Sea; casual along the Pacific coast to California. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests, riparian thickets, wet taiga, scrub, and brushy areas.

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Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"sit", "tsip"

Interesting Facts

 The Rustic Bunting was first described in 1776 by Peter Simon Pallas, a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.

 A group of buntings are collectively known as a "decoration", "mural", and "sacrifice" of buntings.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Samira Belous

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Range Map for Rustic Bunting

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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Emberiza rustica
Length5.75 - 6 Inches
Wingspan9.75 Inches

Rustic Bunting

Rustic Bunting: Medium bunting with bright chestnut-brown upperparts streaked with black on back. Throat and belly are white, breast band is cinnamon-brown, and sides and flanks are streaked. Black head has slight crest and thick white eyebrow. The tail is dark brown with white edges.

● Song: "sit", "tsip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Rustic Bunting: Eats insects and seeds. Forages on the ground and gleans insects from low vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Rustic Bunting: Four to five light blue or green eggs with dark markings are laid in a cup nest made of grass, moss, and stems, lined with finer grass, hair, roots, and feathers, and built on the ground atop a grassy tussock, tree roots, or low in a shrub. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Rustic Bunting: Little Bunting is smaller, has shorter legs, rust-brown crown and cheeks, and lacks short crest.

Flight Pattern

Short flights., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Rustic Bunting Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Rustic Bunting: Eurasian species. During migration, visits Aleutians and other islands in the Bering Sea; casual along the Pacific coast to California. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests, riparian thickets, wet taiga, scrub, and brushy areas.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to accidential on northwest coast
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces
Perching-like BodyX
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BellyX
The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
CrestX
Tufts of feathers on the head of the bird.
EyebrowX
Also called the supercilicum or superciliary it is the arch of feathers over each eye.
RiparianX
Relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater. 
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX