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Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza spodocephala Pallas, PS 1776
The black-faced bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Emberizidae
Genus:
Emberiza
Scientific:
Emberiza spodocephala
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Emberizidae
Genus:
Emberiza
Scientific:
Emberiza spodocephala
Original description
Citation:
Pallas, PS 1776
Reference:
Reise verschied. Prov. Russ. Reichs
3 p.698
Protonym:
Emberiza spodocephala
Type locality:
Daurian Range, southern Chita, southeastern Siberia.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9787BE57A273F64A
Avibase ID:
avibase-9787BE57
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9787BE57
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559890
Geographic range:
- Emberiza spodocephala: temperate north-central, northeastern, and central Palearctic, in shrubby areas in woodland, from south-central Russia and northern Mongolia eastward to Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sakhalin (southeastern Russia) and southward to northeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Heilongjiang (northeastern China) and northern and central Korean Peninsula; disjunctly Qinghai and Shaanxi southward to Yunnan and Guizhou (central China); winters in subtropical eastern Asian disturbed areas, wetlands from central Nepal through northeastern Himalayas, northern southeast Asia, southern and eastern China, Taiwan, and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan)
- Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala: breeds south-central Russia and northern Mongolia eastward to Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sakhalin, and southward to northeastern China and Korean Peninsula; winters to southern and eastern China, Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan
- Emberiza spodocephala sordida: breeds Qinghai and Shaanxi southward to Yunnan and Guizhou (central China); winters central Nepal to northern Indochina
Source: Clements checklist
Black-faced Bunting
Azerbaijani:
Qara üzlü vələmirquşu
Bulgarian:
Чернолика овесарка
Bengali:
কালো-মুখ বান্টিং
Catalan:
sit emmascarat
Czech:
strnad šedokápý
Danish:
Gråhovedet Værling
German:
Maskenammer
Greek:
Σποδοτσίχλονο
Esperanto:
grizkapa emberizo
Spanish:
Escribano carinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Escribano carinegro
Estonian:
hallpea-tsiitsitaja
Basque:
Berdantza musubeltza
Persian:
زردپره رخسیاه
Finnish:
harmaapääsirkku
French:
Bruant masqué
Hebrew:
גיבתון שחור-פנים (מערבי)
Croatian:
sivoglava strnadica
Hungarian:
feketearcú sármány
Icelandic:
Kofratittlingur
Italian:
Zigolo mascherato
Japanese:
アオジ
Korean:
촉새
Lithuanian:
žilagalvė starta
Latvian:
pelēkgalvas stērste
Nepali:
कृष्णमुहार बगेडी
Dutch:
Maskergors
Norwegian:
Gråhodespurv
Polish:
trznadel szarogłowy
Portuguese:
escrevedeira-de-faces-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal):
escrevedeira-de-faces-pretas
Romanian:
Presură cu mască
Russian:
Седоголовая овсянка
Slovak:
strnádka olivová
Slovenian:
pepelastoglavi strnad
Serbian:
Crnolika strnadica
Swedish:
gråhuvad sparv
Thai:
นกจาบปีกอ่อนหน้าดำ
Turkish:
Kara Suratlı Çinte
Ukrainian:
вівсянка сибірська
Chinese:
灰头鹀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑臉鵐
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus] ( Schoeniclus spodocephala [spodocephala or sordidus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus] ( Schoeniclus spodocephala [spodocephala or sordidus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus] ( Schoeniclus spodocephala [spodocephala or sordidus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus] ( Schoeniclus spodocephala [spodocephala or sordidus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus] ( Emberiza spodocephala [spodocephala or sordida]) |
| Avilist 2025: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida) ( Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida) ( Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida) ( Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida) ( Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida) ( Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Black-faced Bunting ( Emberiza spodocephala) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Emberiza [spodocephala or personata]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: Qara üzlü vələmirquşu
Bulgarian: Чернолика овесарка, Чернолика овесарка (ssp. spodocephala/sordida)
Bengali: কালো-মুখ বান্টিং
Catalan: sit emmascarat
Czech: strnad šedokápý, strnad šedokápý (ssp. spodocephala/sordida)
Danish: Gråhovedet Værling, Gråhovedet Værling (ssp. spodocephala/sordida)
German: Maskenammer, Maskenammer (spodocephala/sordida)
Greek: Σποδοτσίχλονο, Σποδοτσίχλονο (spodocephala/sordida)
English: Black-faced Bunting, Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida), Black-faced Bunting [spodocephala or sordidus]
English (Avilist): Black-faced Bunting
English, HBW: Black-faced Bunting
English (IOC): Black-faced Bunting, Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida)
English (United States): Black-faced Bunting, Black-faced Bunting (spodocephala/sordida)
Esperanto: grizkapa emberizo, Maskemberizo
Spanish: Escribano carinegro, Escribano Enmascarado (spodocephala/sordida)
Spanish (Spain): Escribano carinegro, Escribano Enmascarado (spodocephala/sordida)
Estonian: hallpea-tsiitsitaja
Basque: Berdantza musubeltza
Persian: زردپره رخسیاه
Finnish: harmaapääsirkku, harmaapääsirkku (spodocephala/sordida)
French: Bruant masqué, Bruant masqué (spodocephala), Bruant masqué (spodocephala/sordida), Bruant masqué [spodocephala ou sordida], Bruant masqué [spodocephala ou sordidus]
French (Guyane): Bruant masqué
Galician: Escribidor mascarado
Hebrew: גיבתון שחור-פנים (מערבי)
Croatian: sivoglava strnadica
Hungarian: feketearcú sármány
Icelandic: Kofratittlingur, Kofratittlingur (spodocephala/sordida)
Italian: Zigolo mascherato
Japanese (romaji): aoji (spodocephala/sordida)
Japanese: アオジ, アオジ (spodocephala/sordida), アオジ（亜種シベリアアオジ）, シベリアアオジ (spodocephala/sordida)
Kazakh: Бозбас сұлыкеш
Korean: 촉새, 촉새 (spodocephala/sordida)
Scientific: Emberiza spodocephala, Emberiza spodocephala [spodocephala or sordida], Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala, Emberiza spodocephala spodocephala/sordida, Schoeniclus spodocephala [spodocephala or sordidus], Schoeniclus spodocephala spodocephala
Lithuanian: žilagalvė starta, Žilagalvė starta (spodocephala/sordida)
Latvian: pelēkgalvas stērste
Mongolian: Хөх түрүүт хөмрөг
Nepali: कृष्णमुहार बगेडी
Dutch: Maskergors
Norwegian: Gråhodespurv, gråhodespurv (spodocephala/sordida)
Polish: trznadel szarogłowy, trznadel szarogłowy (spodocephala/sordida)
Portuguese: escrevedeira-de-faces-pretas
Portuguese (Portugal): escrevedeira-de-faces-pretas, escrevedeira-mascarada (spodocephala/sordida)
Romanian: Presură cu mască
Russian: Седоголовая овсянка, Седоголовая овсянка (spodocephala/sordida)
Northern Sami: Ránesoaicihci
Slovak: strnádka olivová, strnádka olivová (skup.)
Slovenian: pepelastoglavi strnad, Pepelastoglavi strnad (spodocephala/sordida)
Serbian: Crnolika strnadica, Crnolika strnadica (spodocephala/sordida)
Swedish: gråhuvad sparv, gråhuvad sparv (spodocephala/sordida)
Thai: นกจาบปีกอ่อนหน้าดำ, นกจาบปีกอ่อนหน้าดำ (คอเทา)
Turkish: Kara Suratlı Çinte, Kara suratlı çinte (spodocephala/sordida)
Ukrainian: вівсянка сибірська
Chinese: 灰头鹀, 灰头鹀（灰喉）, 灰头鹀（灰胸）
Chinese (Hong Kong): 灰頭鵐
Chinese (Traditional): 黑臉鵐, 黑臉鵐(spodocephala/sordida), 黑臉鵐(灰頭/華南)
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