Wildlifeof Thailand
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Emberizidae
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Schoeniclus aureolus
Also known as: Emberiza aureola
Basic stats
Diet
Seeds and insects
Habitat
Wet meadows and farmland
Range
Northern Eurasia; winters in Southeast Asia
Breeding males are yellow and chestnut; migrants gather in grasslands and rice fields to feed (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Critically Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Yellow-breasted Bunting eat?
- Seeds and insects
- What habitat does the Yellow-breasted Bunting live in?
- Wet meadows and farmland
- Where is the Yellow-breasted Bunting found?
- Northern Eurasia; winters in Southeast Asia