Rustic Bunting

Emberiza rusticaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Codes: Common Name: RUBU Scientific Name: EMBRUS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179538

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Brown to dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Black and white.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 15-15 cm (5.75-6 in)
Weight: 23 g (0.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Black
Underparts: White with red-brown breast and streaking on sides and flanks.
Upperparts: Red-brown with black streaking.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Short flights., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Wingspan Range: 23-24 cm (9-9.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark brown with white outer feathers.
Under Tail: Dark brown with white outer feathers.
Leg Color: Pink

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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.

● 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 Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

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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