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Bird name:

Pallas's Bunting

Emberiza pallasi

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Code 4

PALB

Code 6

EMBPAL

ITIS

179541

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Tundra, Taiga, Grassland

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Accidental in North America

Egg Color:

Pink with dark spots

Number of Eggs:

4 - 5

Incubation Days:

12 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Lined with fine materials., Grasses and moss.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Pallas's Bunting: Medium-sized bunting with gray-brown upperparts with black streaks. Lower breast, belly, and undertail coverts are white. Head, throat and upper breast are black. Collar and moustache stripe are white. Tail is black with white outer feathers and corners. Female lacks black.

Range and Habitat

Pallas's Bunting: Native of Asia; recorded on St. Lawrence Island and the western mainland of Alaska. Frequents reed beds in wetlands, lakes, and along streams in taiga and tundra; winters in grasslands and marshlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Pallas's Bunting: Four or five pink eggs with dark spots are laid in a cup nest made of grass and moss, and lined with finer materials. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out mostly by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Pallas's Bunting: Eats mainly seeds, especially in winter, but also takes insects; forages on the ground or low in shrubs.

Readily Eats

Safflower, Apple Slices, Suet, Millet, Peanut Kernels, Fruit

Vocalization

Pallas's Bunting: Song is a gentle warbling trill. Call is a soft "cheep" or "tsee-see."

Similar Species

Pallas's Bunting: Reed Bunting is larger and has heavier bill, rufous-brown upperparts with black streaks, and rufous-brown wing coverts in winter plumage.

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Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

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.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Collar

Similar to the upper part of the human neck, located at the back of the crown.

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America