Rufous-backed Bunting
A species of Old World Buntings Scientific name : Emberiza jankowskii Genus : Old World Buntings
Rufous-backed Bunting, A species of Old World Buntings
Botanical name: Emberiza jankowskii
Genus: Old World Buntings
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Description
Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
Jankowski's bunting or rufous-backed bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It breeds in the Russian Far East, Manchuria and far northeastern Korea, where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and grassland. In 2020, it was discovered to be breeding in Mongolia. It is threatened by habitat loss, caused by overgrazing and changes in agriculture. The species is currently listed as endangered. The species is named after the collector Michał Jankowski who collected a specimen on 9 March 1886 on his estate in Sidemi in the Primorsky Krai. The specimen was sent to Ladislaus Taczanowski who described the species in 1888. The species is given the highest level of protection under Chinese law, being added to the list of species named under the Wildlife Protection Law in 2021. 
Size
16 cm
Feeding Habits
Rufous-backed Bunting has a varied diet, eating grains, weed seeds, and insects like grasshoppers and cicada larvae. Juveniles are mainly fed invertebrates. Rufous-backed Bunting forages on the ground and is notably tame around humans.
Habitat
The rufous-backed Bunting predominantly inhabits open grassy areas characterized by steppes or gentle low hill terrains. These regions are rich with grass species such as Filifolium sibiricum, Stipa baicalensis, and Spodiopogon sibiricus. Additionally, these grasslands are interspersed with Siberian apricot shrubbery, contributing to the rufous-backed Bunting's preferred habitat mosaic. Historically, the rufous-backed Bunting also showed an affinity for rounded hills with stunted oak scrub within the moist meadowlands of temperate coastal plains.
Dite type
Granivorous
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
New world sparrows Genus
Old World Buntings Species
Rufous-backed Bunting 
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