Ochre-rumped bunting
| Ochre-rumped bunting | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. yessoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza yessoensis (Swinhoe, 1874) | |
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The ochre-rumped bunting (Emberiza yessoensis), also known as the Japanese reed bunting, is a bird in the family Emberizidae. The species was first described as Schoenicola yessoensis by Robert Swinhoe in 1874. The species epithet, yessoensis, describes the bird as being found on Yesso (Hokkaido).
It is found in Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.
It is threatened by habitat loss. In South Korea it is classified as being endangered.