Black-faced Bunting, 3/16/2012

This time we headed for Jinshan again to photograph the Goosander. When we arrived, there was only one birdwatching fan there. Immdediately we knew that the Goosander was gone. After searching and taking some pictures of other birds, we went back to the Youth Center and found a Eurasian Blackbird. The Blackbird was so elusive that I only took a back view of it before it ran out of sight. When we were searching for the Blackbird, a group of Black-faced Buntings suddenly came into view. Immdediately our focus shifted to this group of Black-faced Buntings. All afternoon this group appeared many times, every one took some good shots of them.

There are two subspecies of Black-faced Buntings in Taiwan. One is E. s. personata, and the other one is E. s. spodocephala. This group of Black-faced Buntings is belong to E. s. spodocephala.














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Chinese name:	黑臉鵐
English name:	Black-faced Bunting
Nickname:
Scientific name:	Emberiza spodocephala
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Species status:	Species
Conservation status:	Least Concern
Migration status:	Winter migratory bird in Taiwan
Frequency of appearance:	Common in Taiwan
Foods:	Insects, seeds and grains
Habitat:	Bushes, woodlands
Altitude:	Low altitude to Mid-altitude
Behavior:	Appear in group
Characteristics:	General Characteristics: Mostly brown color with vertical stripes. Black color extend from eye front to mouth base for male birds.
Breeding places:	Eastern Eurasia, Russia, Korean Peninsula, Japan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast China, North, Central and South China.
Migration destinations:	South China and Taiwan
Time photographed:	3/16/2012 14:40 pm
Location found:	Jinshan District, New Taipei City
Sources:	Internet
Notes:

Other Black-faced Bunting post(click to view).