Tristram's bunting (''Emberiza tristrami'') is a
bird in the family
Emberizidae. The species was
first described by
Robert Swinhoe
Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836 – 28 October 1877) was an English diplomat and naturalist who worked as a Consul in Formosa. He catalogued many Southeast Asian birds, and several, such as Swinhoe's pheasant, are named after him.
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in 1870.
It breeds in eastern
Manchuria and the
Russian Far East and winters in central and southern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
It is accidental in Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and north-eastern India.
Its natural
habitat is
boreal forests.
References
Tristram's bunting
Birds of Manchuria
Tristram's bunting
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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