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Black-faced bunting

Emberiza spodocephala Pallas, 1776

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.5 g to 18.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
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Quick facts about the black-faced bunting

Weight
16.5 g – 18.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-faced bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the black-faced bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-faced bunting (Schoeniclus spodocephalus) is a small passerine bird in the Old World bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in eastern Russia and Mongolia and winters from central Nepal to northern Indochina.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-faced bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-faced_bunting&oldid=1381801898), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-faced bunting endangered?

The black-faced bunting is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-faced bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza spodocephala Pallas, 1776

Synonyms Emberiza melanops, Emberiza spodocephala extremi-orientis, Emberiza spodocephala flaviventris, Schoeniclus spodocephala

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Чернолика овесаркаBulgarian
  • Breanig dremm zuBreton
  • sit emmascaratCatalan
  • strnad olivovýCzech
  • strnad šedokápýCzech
  • bras wynebdduWelsh
  • Gråhovedet VærlingDanish
  • Sorthovedet VærlingDanish
  • MaskenammerGerman
  • grizkapa emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano carinegroSpanish
  • Escribano EnmascaradoSpanish
  • hallpea-tsiitsitajaEstonian
  • harmaapääsirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant masquéFrench
  • Gealóg mhascthaIrish
  • גיבתון שחור-פניםHebrew
  • גיבתון שחור-פנים (מערבי)Hebrew
  • sivoglava strnadicaCroatian
  • feketearcú sármányHungarian
  • KofratittlingurIcelandic
  • Zigolo mascheratoItalian
  • アオジJapanese
  • シベリアアオジJapanese
  • Бозбас сұлыкешKazakh
  • 촉새Korean
  • žilagalvė startaLithuanian
  • pelēkgalvas stērsteLatvian
  • MaskergorsDutch
  • gråhovudsporvNorwegian Nynorsk
  • gråhodespurvNorwegian
  • trznadel szarogłowyPolish
  • trznadel szarogłowy (spodocephala/sordida)Polish
  • escrevedeira-mascaradaPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-de-faces-pretasPortuguese
  • Седоголовая овсянкаRussian
  • RánesoaicihciNorthern Sami
  • ránesoaicizášNorthern Sami
  • strnádka olivováSlovak
  • pepelastoglavi strnadSlovenian
  • црномања стрнадицаSerbian
  • Crnolika strnadicaSerbian
  • gråhuvad sparvSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนหน้าดำThai
  • Kara Suratlı ÇinteTurkish
  • вівсянка сибірськаUkrainian
  • 灰头鹀Chinese
  • 灰頭鵐Chinese
  • 灰頭黑臉鵐Chinese
  • 黑臉鵐Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-faced bunting

Other species in the same genus Emberiza.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-faced bunting?

An adult black-faced bunting weighs 16.5 g – 18.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-faced bunting endangered?

The black-faced bunting is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-faced bunting?

The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-faced-bunting

MLA

“Black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-faced-bunting.

BibTeX
@misc{black_faced_bunting_2026,
  title = {Black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-faced-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}