Meadow Bunting
Emberiza cioides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEmberizidae (Old World Buntings)
- GenusEmberiza (Old World Buntings)
- SpeciesEmberiza cioides (Meadow Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Emberiza fucata
Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
Yellow-throated Bunting
Emberiza elegans
Grey Bunting
Emberiza variabilis
Yellow Bunting
Emberiza sulphurata
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Japanese Bush Warbler
Horornis diphone
Coal Tit
Periparus ater
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Willow Tit
Poecile montanus
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Meadow Bunting in Nikko National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Meadow Bunting sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 107 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Meadow Bunting in Nikko National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Meadow Bunting in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.