Emberiza aureola

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 176 meters (578 feet).[1]

Ecology: It breeds in wet meadows with tall vegetation and scattered scrub , riverside thickets and secondary scrub. It winters in large flocks in cultivated areas, rice fields and grasslands, preferring scrubby dry-water rice fields for foraging and reedbeds for roosting11.

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List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.3     Shrubland - Boreal   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Emberiza

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 71 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. affinis (Brown-Rumped Bunting) · E. affinis affinis (Brown-Rumped Bunting) · E. aureola (Yellow-Breasted Bunting) · E. aureola aureola (Yellow-Breasted Bunting) · E. bruniceps (Red-Headed Bunting) · E. buchanani (Gray-Hooded Bunting) · E. buchanani buchanani (Grey-Necked Bunting) · E. cabanisi (Cabanis's Yellow Bunting) · E. cabanisi cabanisi (Cabanis's Yellow Bunting) · E. caesia (Cretzschmar's Bunting) · E. calandra (Corn Bunting) · E. calandra calandra (Corn Bunting) · E. capensis (Southern Rock Bunting) · E. capensis capensis (Southern Rock Bunting) · E. chrysophrys (Yellow-Browed Bunting) · E. cia (European Rock Bunting) · E. cia africana (Rock Bunting) · E. cia cia (Rock Bunting) · E. cia par (Asian Rock Bunting) · E. cia prageri (Central Rock Bunting) · E. cineracea (Ashy-Headed Bunting) · E. cineracea cineracea (Ashy-Headed Bunting) · E. cioides (Siberian Meadow Bunting) · E. cioides cioides (Siberian Meadow Bunting) · E. cirlus (Cirl Bunting) · E. cirlus cirlus (Cirl Bunting) · E. cirlus nigrostriata (Cirl Bunting) · E. citrinella (Yellow Bunting) · E. citrinella caliginosa (North-West British Isles Yellowhammer) · E. citrinella citrinella (Common Yellowhammer) · E. citrinella erythrogenys (Eastern Yellowhammer) · E. elegans (Yellow-Throated Bunting) · E. elegans elegans (Yellow-Throated Bunting) · E. flaviventris (African Golden-Breasted Bunting) · E. flaviventris flaviventris (African Golden-Breasted Bunting) · E. fucata (Chestnut-Eared Bunting) · E. fucata fucata (Chestnut-Eared Bunting) · E. godlewskii (Godlewski's Bunting) · E. godlewskii godlewskii (Godlewski's Bunting) · E. hortulana (Ortolan Bunting) · E. impetuani (Pale Rock Bunting) · E. jankowskii (Rufous-Backed Bunting) · E. koslowi (Koslov's Bunting) · E. leucocephala (Pine Bunting) · E. leucocephala leucocephala (Pine Bunting) · E. leucocephalos (Pine Bunting) · E. leucocephalos fronto (Pine Bunting) · E. leucocephalos leucocephalos (Pine Bunting) · E. melanocephala (Black-Headed Bunting) · E. pallasi (Pallas's Reed Hunting) · E. pallasi pallasi (Pallas's Reed Bunting) · E. poliopleura (Somali Golden-Breasted Bunting) · E. pusilla (Little Bunting) · E. rustica (Rustic Bunting) · E. rustica rustica (Rustic Bunting) · E. rutila (Chestnut Bunting) · E. schoeniclus (Common Reed Bunting) · E. schoeniclus schoeniclus (Common Reed-Bunting) · E. socotrana (Socotra Mountain Bunting) · E. spodocephala (Black-Faced Bunting) · E. spodocephala spodocephala (Black-Faced Bunting) · E. stewarti (Chestnut-Breasted Bunting) · E. striolata (Mountain Bunting) · E. striolata striolata (Striped Bunting) · E. sulphurata (Japanese Yellow Bunting) · E. tahapisi (Cinnamon-Breasted Rock Bunting) · E. tahapisi tahapisi (Cinnamon-Breasted Rock Bunting) · E. tristrami (Tristram's Bunting) · E. variabilis (Siberian Blue Robin) · E. yessoensis (Japanese Reed Bunting) · E. yessoensis yessoensis (Japanese Reed Bunting)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2008. Emberiza aureola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• GBIF-Sweden, Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7244
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554225
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554225
• IUCN ID: 207217
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150402

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 407.030 based on 102 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Emberiza aureola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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