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Pine bunting

Emberiza leucocephalos S. G. Gmelin, 1771

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The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 26.4 g to 28.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
Photo: Jargal Lamjav from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pine bunting

Weight
26.4 g – 28.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc 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 pine bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the pine bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae. It lives in Eurosiberia east of the Urals.

From the Wikipedia article “Pine bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pine_bunting&oldid=1379729640), 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 pine bunting endangered?

The pine 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 pine bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza leucocephalos S. G. Gmelin, 1771

Synonyms Emberiza albida, Emberiza bonapartei, Emberiza esclavonica, Emberiza esclavonicus, Emberiza himalayensis, Emberiza pithyornis

Other names and names in other languages (53)
  • درسة الصنوبرArabic
  • درسة صنوبريةArabic
  • Белоглава овесаркаBulgarian
  • Brean kabell gwennBreton
  • sit capblancCatalan
  • Ош калпакан алык оравиMari
  • strnad bělohlavýCzech
  • Hvidkindet VærlingDanish
  • FichtenammerGerman
  • ΕλατοτσίχλονοGreek
  • blankakrona emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano de GmelinSpanish
  • Escribano cabeciblancoSpanish
  • männitalvikeEstonian
  • Berdantza kas-kasuriBasque
  • زردپره گونه سفیدPersian
  • mäntysirkkuFinnish
  • TaigasirkkuFinnish
  • Vangagráur spurvurFaroese
  • Bruant à calotte blancheFrench
  • Gealóg phéineIrish
  • Gealóg ghiúiseIrish
  • Pompee yuysManx
  • גיבתון לבן-כיפהHebrew
  • bjeloglava strnadicaCroatian
  • fenyősármányHungarian
  • Դրախտապան սպիտակաթասակArmenian
  • LerkitittlingurIcelandic
  • LerktittlingurIcelandic
  • Zigolo golarossaItalian
  • シラガホオジロJapanese
  • Ақбас сұлыкешKazakh
  • 흰머리멧새Korean
  • baltagalvė startaLithuanian
  • priežu stērsteLatvian
  • WitkopgorsDutch
  • kvithovudsporvNorwegian Nynorsk
  • hvithodespurvNorwegian
  • trznadel białogłowyPolish
  • escrevedeira-de-barrete-brancoPortuguese
  • Presură cu creştet albRomanian
  • Белошапочная овсянкаRussian
  • BeahcecihciNorthern Sami
  • beahcecizášNorthern Sami
  • strnádka bielohlaváSlovak
  • beloglavi strnadSlovenian
  • Beloglava strnadicaSerbian
  • tallsparvSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนป่าสนThai
  • Ak Başlı ÇinteTurkish
  • вівсянка білоголоваUkrainian
  • 白头鹀Chinese
  • 白頭鵐Chinese

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Relatives of the pine 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 pine bunting?

An adult pine bunting weighs 26.4 g – 28.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pine bunting endangered?

The pine 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 pine bunting?

The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-bunting

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BibTeX
@misc{pine_bunting_2026,
  title = {Pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}