Red-headed Bunting

Latin Name: 
Emberiza bruniceps
Category: 
Finches, Bunting
Size: 
17cm
Description: 

Male: rufous-chestnut crown, throat, breast; olive-yellow back, streaked blackish; unmarked yellow rump; whitish wing-bars; yellow neck-sides, underbody below breast. Female: pale-brown above, streaked; yellowish rump. Highly gregarious winter visitor; huge numbers, frequently along with Black-headed; cause considerable damage to crops.

Habitat: 
Open cultivated areas.
Distribution: 
Common winter visitor over most of country south of the Himalaya; absent in extreme south and along eastern coastal regions.
Call: 
Call Description: 
High-pitched tzeett… call.
IUCN: 
Least Concern
National Status: 
sparse winter visitor
At IITK: 
sparse winter visitor