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Grey-necked bunting

Emberiza buchanani Blyth, 1845

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 20.2 g to 21.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-necked bunting

Weight
20.2 g – 21.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src 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 grey-necked bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-necked bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani), sometimes referred to as grey-hooded bunting (a name also in use for chestnut-eared bunting) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It breeds along a wide distribution range from the Caspian Sea to the Altai Mountains in Central Asia and winters in parts of Southern Asia. Like other buntings it is found in small flocks.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-necked bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-necked_bunting&oldid=1367359588), 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.

What does the grey-necked bunting sound like?

Sharadapte · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the grey-necked bunting endangered?

The grey-necked 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 grey-necked bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza buchanani Blyth, 1845

Synonyms Emberiza buchanani var. obscura, Fringilla jamjohari, Glycispina buchanani

Other names and names in other languages (51)
  • Gray-hooded buntingEnglish
  • Gray-necked buntingEnglish
  • درسة رمادية الرقبةArabic
  • درسة رمادية القلنسوةArabic
  • Скална овесаркаBulgarian
  • Sit capgrísCatalan
  • sit de BuchananCatalan
  • Sit de Buchanan/Sit capgrísCatalan
  • strnad pustinnýCzech
  • bras gyddflwydWelsh
  • BjerghortulanDanish
  • SteinortolanGerman
  • Stein-OrtolanGerman
  • Σταχτόλαιμο ΤσιχλόνιGreek
  • monta emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano cabecigrísSpanish
  • kivitsiitsitajaEstonian
  • زردپره سرخاکستریPersian
  • kivikkosirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant à cou grisFrench
  • Gealóg liathmhuinceachIrish
  • Pompee wannal-lheeahManx
  • גבתון הריםHebrew
  • גיבתון הריםHebrew
  • planinska strnadicaCroatian
  • kövi sármányHungarian
  • MeltittlingurIcelandic
  • Zigolo collogrigioItalian
  • イワバホオジロJapanese
  • Жартас сұлыкешіKazakh
  • pilkakaklė startaLithuanian
  • akmeņu stērsteLatvian
  • ചാരകണ്ഠൻ തിനക്കുരുവിMalayalam
  • राखाडी मानेचा भारीटMarathi
  • SteenortolaanDutch
  • rødbrystspurvNorwegian
  • trznadel skalnyPolish
  • sombria-de-pescoço-cinzentoPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-de-cabeça-cinzentaPortuguese
  • Скальная овсянкаRussian
  • JuovvacihciNorthern Sami
  • strnádka skalnáSlovak
  • sivoglavi strnadSlovenian
  • Iranska strnadicaSerbian
  • bergortolanSwedish
  • bergortolansparvSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนหัวเทาปากส้มThai
  • Doğu KirazkuşuTurkish
  • вівсянка скельнаUkrainian
  • 灰頸鵐Chinese
  • 灰颈鹀Chinese

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Relatives of the grey-necked 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 grey-necked bunting?

An adult grey-necked bunting weighs 20.2 g – 21.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-necked bunting endangered?

The grey-necked 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 grey-necked bunting?

The grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.

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

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BibTeX
@misc{grey_necked_bunting_2026,
  title = {Grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-necked-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}