Japanese Reed Bunting

Japanese Reed BuntingThe Japanese Reed Bunting uses grassland, farmland, and dry riverbeds. This account focuses on the form that breeds in Honshu and Kyushu.What does it look like?The Hong Kong account's first-winter female is warm brown with a dark stripe along the cheek. Males have a broader black area on the ear coverts.How does it live?The Japanese Reed Bunting uses grassland, farmland, and dry riverbeds. This account focuses on the form that breeds in Honshu and Kyushu.In Japan, breeding areas are localized, and in autumn and winter the birds use dry riverbeds and farmland with short grass.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.