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Yellow bunting

Emberiza sulphurata Temminck & Schlegel, 1848

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.6 g to 15.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
Photo: Koolah ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow bunting

Weight
14.6 g – 15.2 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
3.9src 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 yellow bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The name "yellow bunting" can also refer to the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).

The yellow bunting or Japanese yellow bunting (Schoeniclus sulphuratus) is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia in the Old World bunting family Emberizidae. It is threatened by habitat loss, the use of pesticides and trapping for the cagebird industry.

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 yellow bunting is most closely related to the black-faced bunting (Schoeniclus spodocephalus).

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow_bunting&oldid=1381791486), 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 yellow bunting endangered?

The yellow 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 yellow bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza sulphurata Temminck & Schlegel, 1848

Synonyms Hypocentor sulphurata, Ocyris sulphuratus, Schoeniclus sulphuratus

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Japanese yellow buntingEnglish
  • Japanese yellow buntingEnglish
  • Японска жълта овесаркаBulgarian
  • sit del JapóCatalan
  • Япони сарикӓ алык оравиMari
  • strnad podhorskýCzech
  • bras melyn JapanWelsh
  • Japansk VærlingDanish
  • SchwefelammerGerman
  • sulfura emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano japonésSpanish
  • honshu tsiitsitajaEstonian
  • زردپره زردPersian
  • japaninkeltasirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant du JaponFrench
  • japanska strnadicaCroatian
  • kénsárga sármányHungarian
  • Zigolo solferinoItalian
  • ノジコJapanese
  • 무당새Korean
  • japoninė geltonoji startaLithuanian
  • iedzeltenā stērsteLatvian
  • ZwavelgorsDutch
  • svovelspurvNorwegian
  • trznadel żółtyPolish
  • escrevedeira-japonesaPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-sulfúreaPortuguese
  • Японская овсянкаRussian
  • Японская жёлтая овсянкаRussian
  • strnádka japonskáSlovak
  • Žuta strnadicaSerbian
  • svavelsparvSwedish
  • Japon ÇintesiTurkish
  • вівсянка японськаUkrainian
  • 野鵐Chinese
  • 硫磺鵐Chinese
  • 硫黄鹀Chinese
  • 繡眼鵐Chinese
  • 野鵐〔繡眼鵐〕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow bunting

Other species in the same genus Emberiza.

CompareYellow bunting vs YellowhammerYellow bunting vs Common reed buntingYellow bunting vs Corn buntingYellow bunting vs Ortolan bunting

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow bunting?

An adult yellow bunting weighs 14.6 g – 15.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow bunting endangered?

The yellow 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 yellow bunting?

The yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata) 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). Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bunting

MLA

“Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bunting.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_bunting_2026,
  title = {Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}