Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureola

The yellow-breasted bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae that is found across the Boreal and East Palearctic. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific aureola is Latin for "golden". The bird's call is a distinctive zick, and the song is a clear tru-tru, tri-tri.

Scientific name
Emberiza aureola
Family
Old World Buntings
IUCN status
CR