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title: "Meadow Bunting"
description: "Emberiza cioides — Birds. The meadow bunting or Siberian meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/meadow-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Meadow Bunting

> Emberiza cioides — Birds. The meadow bunting or Siberian meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia  which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza cioides*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 8403
- Wikidata: [Q1076007](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076007)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9216](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9216)

## Names

- en: Meadow Bunting
- de: Wiesenammer
- es: Escribano de Brandt
- fr: Bruant à longue queue
- nl: Weidegors
- pt: Escrevedeira-de-brandt
- pl: Trznadel łąkowy

## Countries with the most observations

JP (2549), RU (608), CN (431), KR (295), MN (49), KZ (36), KP (11), KG (7)

## Summary

The meadow bunting or Siberian meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia  which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_bunting

## Photo

![Meadow Bunting](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348439951

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/meadow-bunting?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).