Buntings in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ukraine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusScarceRare15–16 cm
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