Yellow Bunting

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male: upperparts gray-green, back with black markings
2. Underparts yellow-green, brightest on the throat and belly
3. Male: lores black, a narrow black area on the chin, eye-ring pale
4. Tail feathers white on the outer sides, wings with two bands of barring

Male, female and young

The female resembles the male but is paler, without black on the lores or chin.

Voice

The song is a trill; the call is a soft “tsip”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: April · Most records: China, Philippines, Japan

Yellow Bunting has been recorded at 149 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Taipei – Tianliaoyang WetlandTaiwan (China)284 records
2. Matsu – Dongyin Shizi Vegetable FarmChina231 records
3. Matsu – DongyinChina169 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaPhilippinesJapanSouth KoreaMalaysia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

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