Rustic bunting

It lays 1 clutch per year of 4.61 eggs, with up to 4.9 reported, and the eggs are incubated for 12.5 days. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Near Threatened, which is not an IUCN threatened category, and its geographic range covers 11,090,000 km².

Weight

19.3 g – 20.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

12.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.61 – 4.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The rustic bunting is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

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 Near Threatened species.

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

Synonyms Chrysophrys rustica, Emberiza rustica latifascia, Emberiza rustica rustica, Ocyris rusticus, Schoeniclus rusticus, Schoeniclus rusticus rusticus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Common reed bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Corn bunting

Emberiza calandra

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Ortolan bunting

Emberiza hortulana

Emberizidae

LC, Least Concern

Black-headed bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Emberizidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Yellow-breasted bunting

Emberiza aureola

Emberizidae

CompareRustic bunting vs YellowhammerRustic bunting vs Common reed buntingRustic bunting vs Corn buntingRustic bunting vs Ortolan bunting

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@misc{rustic_bunting_2026,
  title = {Rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rustic-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}