Chestnut-eared Bunting
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Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
3 Verified records at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting, with the latter name also used for grey-necked bunting, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red". Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Godlewski's Bunting
LC

Godlewski's Bunting

Bird

Emberiza godlewskii

10–20% · With luck
Little Bunting
LC

Little Bunting

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Emberiza pusilla

5–10% · Rare
Black-faced Bunting
LC

Black-faced Bunting

Bird

Emberiza spodocephala

5–10% · Rare
Pallas's Bunting
LC

Pallas's Bunting

Bird

Emberiza pallasi

<5% · Rare
Reed Bunting
LC

Reed Bunting

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Emberiza schoeniclus

<5% · Rare
Yellow-breasted Bunting
CR

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Bird

Emberiza aureola

<5% · Rare
Grey-necked Bunting
LC

Grey-necked Bunting

Bird

Emberiza buchanani

<5% · Rare
Meadow Bunting
LC

Meadow Bunting

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Emberiza cioides

Insufficient data
Ortolan Bunting
LC

Ortolan Bunting

Bird

Emberiza hortulana

Insufficient data
Pine Bunting
LC

Pine Bunting

Bird

Emberiza leucocephalos

Insufficient data
Yellow-browed Bunting
LC

Yellow-browed Bunting

Bird

Emberiza chrysophrys

Insufficient data
Horned Lark
LC Endemic

Horned Lark

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eremophila alpestris

40–50% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Chestnut-eared Bunting at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
10–20%
2 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
3 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
5 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
6 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
Insufficient data
7 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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