BirdLife EBA Factsheet

General characteristics The breeding range of Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata defines this Secondary Area. The species has a limited distribution largely in the lower mountains and highlands (600-1,500 m) of central Honshu (Japan), especially in the Mt Fuji/Hakone area and in the Japan Alps (see map, p. 454). The key habitat is deciduous and mixed forest, on wooded slopes and in high valleys. Although the species has been recorded elsewhere on Honshu, and on Hokkaido and Kyushu, it is not known to breed in these other areas (Brazil 1991), so these additional (assumed wintering) areas are not covered by this or by other Secondary Areas. There is some evidence that E. sulphurata has declined over the past hundred years (and it is consequently classed as Vulnerable), but the causes are unknown.

Secondary area A secondary area is an area which supports one or more restricted-range bird species, but does not qualify as an Endemic Bird Area because fewer than two species are entirely confined to it.

Citation BirdLife International 2003 BirdLife's online World Bird Database: the site for bird conservation. Version 2.0. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. Available: http://www.birdlife.org (accessed 9/2/2010)

Note Information presented in this factsheet reflects that published in ‘Endemic Bird Areas of the World’ (BirdLife International, 1998). As such, there may be discrepancies between this information and that presented in BirdLife’s (more recently updated) species and IBA factsheets. We plan to revise the EBA analysis in the near future to take account of these and other changes.