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Yellow-throated bunting

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Yellow-throated bunting
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. elegans
Binomial name
Emberiza elegans
Temminck, 1836

The yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans), also known as the elegant bunting,[2] is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Russia, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Emberiza elegans follows Type II chain migration. Research on isotopes from feathers has revealed that northern populations begin migration before southern populations. Additionally, a latitudinal gradient in hydrogen isotopes suggest that northern breeders spend winters farther north than their southern counterparts.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Emberiza elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720963A132005507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720963A132005507.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Brazil, Mark. Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia. Princeton University Press, 2009.
  3. ^ Choi, Chang-Yong; Nam, Hyun-Young; Park, Jong-Gil; Bing, Gi-Chang (2020-03-03). "Migration pattern of Yellow-throated buntings revealed by isotope-based geographic assignment". International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 34 (3): 504–519. Bibcode:2020IJGIS..34..504C. doi:10.1080/13658816.2019.1670832. ISSN 1365-8816. S2CID 208115773.