Buntings in China
Our list for China has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made