video recorded at YehLiu GeoPark, New Taipei City, Taiwan, on 10/18/2012
Chinese name: | 白眉鵐 |
English name: | Tristram's Bunting |
Nickname: | |
Scientific name: | Emberiza tristrami |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Species status: | Species |
Conservation status: | Least Concern |
Migration status: | Passage migrants in Autumn and Spring in Taiwan |
Frequency of appearance: | Rare in Taiwan |
Foods: | Seeds, insects |
Habitat: | Grasslands, bushes |
Altitude: | Low altitude |
Behavior: | Often appear alone in grasslands or bushes eating seeeds. |
Characteristics: | General Characteristics: About 15 cm long. The bird is mainly brown, like sparrow. Summer plumage: Winter plumage: For females, head, face and neck are blackish brown. There are milky yellow vertical thin lines on throat and neck. Crown stripe, eyebrow stripe and cheek line are milky yellow. Breast is light brown with vertical brown stripes. Belly is white. Rump and tail are chestnut. For males, the plumage is like females, but its head, face and neck are black, and its crown stripe, eyebrown stripe and cheek line are white. Male is larger than female. Similar species: |
Breeding places: | Breeding in a small portion of southeastern Russia, a small portion of northeastern China. |
Migration destinations: | Wintering in southern China, Myanmar, Lao, Thailand, Viet Nam. |
Time photographed: | 10/18/2012 |
Location found: | YehLiu GeoPark, New Taipei City, Taiwan |
Sources: | Internet |
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