Grey Bunting
Emberiza variabilisTemminck, CJ, 1836
English (US) Gray Bunting
UK name: Grey Bunting
The Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Emberizidae (Old World Buntings) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza variabilis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Bunting
- English (UK)
- Grey Bunting
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1836
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Emberiza variabilis variabilis
- Emberiza variabilis musica
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1836
- Type locality
- northern Japan.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.98, vol.3 pl.583 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-browed Bunting
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Tristram's Bunting
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Chestnut Bunting
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Yellow-breasted Bunting
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Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
Rustic Bunting
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Yellow Bunting
Emberiza sulphurata
Masked Bunting
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