Pallas's Reed Bunting

Emberiza pallasi (Cabanis, 1851) PARBU 18780
Family: Passeriformes > Emberizidae

A smaller, colder-coloured relative of the Reed Bunting that breeds in central and eastern Asia. This is an extremely rare visitor to Britain, with a handful of records from Fair Isle to England's southern coast.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

1 record observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1 record

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Pallas's Reed Bunting, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: sit de Pallas
Czech: strnad tundrový
Danish: Sibirisk Rørspurv
Dutch: Pallas' Rietgors
Estonian: pajutsiitsitaja
Finnish: pikkupajusirkku
French: Bruant de Pallas
German: Pallasammer
Hungarian: szürkevállú sármány
Icelandic: Reyrtittlingur
Italian: Migliarino di Pallas
Latvian: ziemelu sterste
Lithuanian: poliarine starta
Norwegian: Krattspurv
Polish: potrzos popielaty
Portuguese: escrevedeira-de-pallas
Slovak: strnádka golierikatá
Slovenian: vzhodni trstni strnad
Spanish: Escribano de Pallas
Swedish: dvärgsävsparv

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

Read more studies about Pallas's Reed Bunting on Conservation Evidence >

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