North American Bird Search Box
This search box can be used to find bird species using bird's english, french or latin name, or to identify bird by its 4 letter Alpha Code
Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Yellow-breasted Bunting
4 Letter (english names) Alpha Code: YBSB (4)
Bruant auréole
Emberiza aureola
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
The Yellow-breasted Bunting is a vagrant visitor from Eurasia to North America.
Life, Habitat & Pictures of North American Buntings
| B L | W W | W | Family | Latin Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5" 14cm | 9" 22.9cm | 0.8oz 22.7g | Emberizidae | Emberiza aureola |
- Summer
- Year Around
- Winter
The Yellow-breasted Bunting is a critically endangered bird and a vagrant visitor to North America from Eurasia. They have loss of habitat in their winter range in southeastern Asia and are being targeted by crop growers who set up bird nets to trap them and leave them to die. This is done to stop birds from eating their crops. They are also captured alive and sold as caged birds.
References to Other Bird Sites:
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.