Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia) - BirdLife species factsheet

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	20,900,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	16,700,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	9700000-21500000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.36 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In Europe, the total population size is estimated at 3,880,000-8,580,000 mature individuals, with 1,940,000-4,290,000 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021), and comprises approximately 40% of the species' global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is between 9,700,000-21,500,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is desirable. In Europe, the species' population is considered to have remained relatively stable over three generations (10 years) (BirdLife International 2021). Based on these data, and the proportion of the species' global range that this region holds, the global population size is considered to be stable over three generations

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native	yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native	yes
Andorra	extant	native	yes
Armenia	extant	native		yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	vagrant			yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Croatia	extant	native	yes
Cyprus	extant	native	yes
Czechia	extant	vagrant			yes
Denmark	extant	vagrant			yes
France	extant	native	yes
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Germany	extant	native		yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Greece	extant	native	yes			yes
Hungary	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes
Israel	extant	native	yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Jordan	extant	native			yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kuwait	extant	vagrant			yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native	yes
Libya	extant	vagrant			yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	vagrant			yes
Malta	extant	vagrant			yes
Monaco	extant	native	yes
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Morocco	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native		yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Palestine	extant	native			yes
Poland	extant	vagrant			yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes
Romania	extant	native	yes
Russia	extant	native	yes	yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native	yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
San Marino	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	vagrant				yes
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	vagrant			yes
Sweden	extant	vagrant			yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native	yes
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tunisia	extant	native	yes
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Ukraine	extant	native		yes
United Kingdom	extant	vagrant			yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Andorra	Pirineo de Andorra
Austria	Wachau
Greece	Aliakmonas gorge
Greece	Mount Erymanthos
Greece	Mount Voras (Kaïmaktsalan)
Slovenia	Julijci
Slovenia	Karst
Slovenia	Snežnik plateau and Pivka valley
Slovenia	Vipavski rob

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 4630 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rock Bunting Emberiza cia. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rock-bunting-emberiza-cia on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.