#1188 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-breasted Bunting

🇳🇱 Wilgengors ·Emberiza aureola

CRcritically endangered 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
5. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © 57Andrew · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
8. © Андреенков Олег Владимирович · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-breasted bunting ( Emberiza aureola ) is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family (Emberizidae). The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz , a bunting. The specific aureola is Latin for "golden". The birds presents in the home is thought to be linked to "happiness". The bird also has a call that's a distinctive zick , and the song is a clear tru-tru, tri-tri .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,369iNaturalist observations
threat CRcritically endangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,369 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1773 (253 years ago).
Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.