Black-faced Bunting, 3/6/2012

We were searching for birds near the gutter area for hours. These two Black-faced Buntings suddenly jumped out of small bushes about 5 meters away on our left hand side, and disappeared into another group of bushes by the farm field, when we were walking on a trail. Excited by the scene, every one of us look here and there searching for the buntings as hard as we can. We could hear their sound, but failed to locate them. Patience dripped away. As we were about to give up, one of us moved one step further, catching the birds' attention. The birds jumped up again, and rested themselves on a small tree. Immediately everybody took the shots like hell, only to find these two buntings just hung in there and staring at the four crazy birdwatching guys of us.


Male


Male


Female

Chinese name:	黑臉鵐
English name:	Black-faced Bunting
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Scientific name:	Emberiza spodocephala
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Species status:	Species
Conservation status:	Least Concern
Migration status:	Winter migratory bird
Frequency of appearance:	Common in Taiwan
Foods:	Insects, seeds and grains
Habitat:	Bushes, woods
Altitude:	Low to Mid-altitude
Behavior:	Appear in flocks
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:	2012/3/6 16:16 pm
Location found:	Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei Beitou District
Sources:	Internet
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