Grey Bunting
Emberiza variabilis
灰鹀
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in southern Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, and northern Japan. Migrates to southern Japan and the Nansei archipelago for winter. Inhabits boreal forests and temperate forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Genus
- Emberiza
- eBird Code
- grybun
Subspecies (2)
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Emberiza variabilis musica
breeds central and southern Kamchatka Peninsula; winters Japan
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Emberiza variabilis variabilis
breeds Sakhalin and Kuril Islands southward to Shikoku (central Japan); winters to southern Japan
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.