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Tristram's bunting

Emberiza tristrami Swinhoe, 1870

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.8 g to 18 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
Photo: VLASOV EGOR (egorbirder) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tristram's bunting

Weight
18 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src 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 tristram's bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the tristram's bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Tristram's bunting (Schoeniclusa tristrami) is a bird in the family Emberizidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870.

It breeds in eastern Manchuria and the Russian Far East and winters in central and southern China.

It is accidental in Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and north-eastern India. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

Tristram's bunting 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 it is most closely related to the grey bunting (Schoeniclus variabilis).

From the Wikipedia article “Tristram's bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tristram%27s_bunting&oldid=1381766550), 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 tristram's bunting endangered?

The tristram's 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 tristram's bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza tristrami Swinhoe, 1870

Synonyms Chrysophrys tristrami, Ocyris tristrami, Schoeniclus tristrami

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Tristram’s buntingEnglish
  • Tristram’s buntingEnglish
  • Tristram’s buntingEnglish
  • Тристрамова овесаркаBulgarian
  • sit de TristramCatalan
  • Тайга алык оравиMari
  • strnad černohrdlýCzech
  • bras TristramWelsh
  • TristramværlingDanish
  • TristramammerGerman
  • Tristram-AmmerGerman
  • tristama emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano de TristramSpanish
  • taigatsiitsitajaEstonian
  • MantsuriansirkkuFinnish
  • mantšuriansirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant de TristramFrench
  • Gealóg TristramIrish
  • kineska strnadicaCroatian
  • Tristram-sármányHungarian
  • Zigolo di TristramItalian
  • シロハラホオジロJapanese
  • 흰배멧새Korean
  • juodagurklė startaLithuanian
  • Tristrama stērsteLatvian
  • Bonte GorsDutch
  • Tristrams GorsDutch
  • amurspurvNorwegian
  • trznadel amurskiPolish
  • escrevedeira-do-amurPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-de-tristramPortuguese
  • Таёжная овсянкаRussian
  • strnádka tajgováSlovak
  • Tristramova strnadicaSerbian
  • amursparvSwedish
  • tristramsparvSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนหัวดำขาวThai
  • Tristram ÇintesiTurkish
  • вівсянка тайговаUkrainian
  • 白眉鵐Chinese
  • 白眉鹀Chinese

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Relatives of the tristram's 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 tristram's bunting?

An adult tristram's bunting weighs 18 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tristram's bunting endangered?

The tristram's 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 tristram's bunting?

The tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami) 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). Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tristrams-bunting

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BibTeX
@misc{tristrams_bunting_2026,
  title = {Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tristrams-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}