Red-headed Bunting ? Red-headed Bunting Conservation status : Least concern Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Aves Order : Passeriformes Family : Emberizidae Genus : Emberiza Species : E. bruniceps Binomial name Emberiza bruniceps Brandt , 1841 The Red-headed Bunting , Emberiza bruniceps , is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae , a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches , Fringillidae . It breeds in central Asia . It is migratory , wintering in India . Its status in western Europe , where it is a potential vagrant , is confused by escapes , especially as this species is more commonly recorded than the closely related Black-headed Bunting , despite the latter have a more westerly breeding range . Red-headed Bunting breeds in open scrubby areas including agricultural land . It lays 3-5 eggs in a nest in a tree or bush . Its natural food consists of insects when feeding young , and otherwise seeds . This bird is 17cm long , larger than Reed Bunting , and long-tailed . The breeding male has bright yellow underparts , green upperparts and a brownish-red face and breast . The female is a washed-out version of the male , with paler underparts , a grey-brown back and a greyish head . The juvenile is similar , and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of Black-headed Bunting . The song , given from a high perch , is a jerky sweet-sweet-churri-churri-churri . References BirdLife International ( 2004 ) . Emberiza bruniceps . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2006 . Retrieved on 12 May 2006 . Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Buntings and Sparrows by Byers , Olsson and Curson , ISBN1-873403-19-4 Categories : Emberiza | Fauna of Pakistan In other languages : Français | Norsk ( bokmål ) pink Red-headed Bunting LC Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Emberizidae Emberiza E. bruniceps Emberiza bruniceps Brandt , 1841 BirdLife International 2004 53533 Emberiza bruniceps 12 May 2006 