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African-Eurasian Migratory Landbirds Working Group. 2014. African-Eurasian Migratory Landbirds Action Plan (AEMLAP) Improving the Conservation Status of Migratory Landbird Species in the African-Eurasian Region.
BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
Byers, C.; Olsson, U.; Curson, J. 1995. Buntings and sparrows: a guide to the buntings and North American sparrows. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, U.K.
Chan, S. 2004. Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola. BirdingASIA: 16-17.
Copete, J.L. and Sharpe, C.J. 2016. Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Gilbert, M.; Sokha, C.; Joyner, P. H.; Thomson, R. L.; Poole, C. 2012. Characterizing the trade of wild birds for merit release in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and associated risks to health and ecology. Biol. Conserv. 153: 10-16.
Inskipp, C.; Baral, H. S. 2011. Potential impacts of agriculture on Nepal birds. Our Nature 8: 270-312.
Kamp, J.; Oppel, S.; Ananin, A. A.; Durnev, Y. A.; Gashev, S. N.; Hölzel, N.; Mischenko, A. L.; Pessa, J.; Smirenski, S. M.; Strelnikov, E. G.; Timonen, S.; Wolanska, K.; Chan, S. 2015. Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China. Conserv. Biol. 29: 1684-1694.
Mlikovsky, J.; Styblo, P. 2016. Biometry, ecology and population status of the Endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola in the Svyatoy Nos wetlands, Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia, Russia. Forktail 32: 1-4.
Tamada, K. 2006. Population change of grassland birds over ten years in Nakashibetsu, eastern Hokkaido. Short Communication. Ornithological Science 5: 127–131.
Tamada, K.; Tomizawa, M.; Umeki, M.; Takada, M. 2014. Population trends of grassland birds in Hokkaido, focussing on the drastic decline of the Yellow-breasted Bunting. Ornithological Science 13(1): 29-40.
Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-breasted-bunting-emberiza-aureola on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.