A very rare vagrant to North America, this species has only been recorded in western Alaska during the late fall in October and November. The only Pribilof record (St. Paul Island) follows this late fall pattern of occurrence, which is typical for hardy species such as Old World Buntings in the Pribilofs. […]
Category: Emberizids (Emberizidae)
Little Bunting
A rare vagrant to the Pribilofs that has been found on a few occasions in late fall, from mid-September to mid-October, which is similar to the timing of other Old World Buntings during the fall season. A regular vagrant to other locations in western Alaska during the fall, this species is likely more regular in […]
Rustic Bunting
A rare spring vagrant, which has a number of recent fall records in the Pribilofs, this species is best looked for during spring in late May or early June along with many other similarly occurring species of Asian passerines. The recent fall records all come from the final week of September through mid-October, which falls […]
Pallas’s Bunting
A vagrant to the Pribilofs, which has been found on one occasion on St. Paul Island in late fall during mid-October, which is similar to the timing of other Old World Buntings during the fall season. There is also a record of an unidentified Old World Bunting thought to be this species or the Reed […]