The Yellow-breasted Bunting is a bunting whose plumage changes with the season. A breeding-plumaged male has a striking black head and yellow breast; the species is recorded in Hong Kong during migration and winter.
A male in breeding plumage has a black head and yellow breast. Females and birds outside the breeding season are duller in color.
In Hong Kong winter records, it uses open grassland and feeds on plant seeds and similar foods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.