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Chestnut bunting

Emberiza rutila Pallas, 1776

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.6 g to 17.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila)
Photo: 林孫鋒 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut bunting

Weight
16.6 g – 17.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
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 chestnut bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the chestnut bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut bunting (Schoeniclus rutilus) is a passerine bird in the Old World bunting family Emberizidae found in the east Palearctic.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Emberiza but in 2026 it was moved to the resurrected genus Schoeniclus based on the results of a 2021 molecular genetic study. Within the genus the chestnut bunting is most closely related to the yellow-breasted bunting (Schoeniclus aureolus).

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut_bunting&oldid=1381783342), 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 chestnut bunting endangered?

The chestnut 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.

How is the chestnut bunting classified?

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

Synonyms Euspiza rutila pamirensis, Hypocentor rutila, Ocyris rutilus, Schoeniclus rutilus

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • Кестенява овесаркаBulgarian
  • Breanig kistinBreton
  • sit rogencCatalan
  • strnad rezavýCzech
  • Bras BrowngochWelsh
  • bras gwinau AsiaWelsh
  • Breision BrowngochWelsh
  • RødværlingDanish
  • RötelammerGerman
  • kaŝtana emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano herrumbrosoSpanish
  • rusketsiitsitajaEstonian
  • Berdantza gorritzaBasque
  • kastanjasirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant rouxFrench
  • Gealóg dhonnruaIrish
  • גיבתון ערמוניHebrew
  • vörhenyes sármányHungarian
  • RyðtittlingurIcelandic
  • Zigolo rutiloItalian
  • Zigolo boschereccioItalian
  • シマノジコJapanese
  • 꼬까참새Korean
  • rudoji startaLithuanian
  • rudā stērsteLatvian
  • Rosse GorsDutch
  • kastanjesporvNorwegian Nynorsk
  • kastanjespurvNorwegian
  • trznadel rudyPolish
  • escrevedeira-ruivaPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-ferrugíneaPortuguese
  • Рыжая овсянкаRussian
  • RuostacihciNorthern Sami
  • ruostacizášNorthern Sami
  • strnádka hrdzaváSlovak
  • kostanjevi strnadSlovenian
  • Kestenjasta strnadicaSerbian
  • rödbrun sparvSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีตาลThai
  • Kızıl ÇinteTurkish
  • вівсянка рудаUkrainian
  • 栗鵐Chinese
  • 栗鹀Chinese
  • 銹鵐Chinese
  • 鏽鵐Chinese
  • 鏽鵐〔栗鵐〕Chinese

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Relatives of the chestnut 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 chestnut bunting?

An adult chestnut bunting weighs 16.6 g – 17.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chestnut bunting endangered?

The chestnut 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 chestnut bunting?

The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-bunting

MLA

“Chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-bunting.

BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_bunting_2026,
  title = {Chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}