Buntings in Russia
Our list for Russia has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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