Like the rustic bunting, Yellow-breasted Buntings are facing the same fate, but their situation is even worse. They were once used to be a very common bunting, breeding across the whole Eurasia and even to Hokkaido, but now, they are undergoing a 90% population decline mainly due to over-exploitation, especially hunted for food in China, and hence, they are now listed as Endangered species in the IUCN red list. In the last five year, we have tried to take as many good photos as we can, but we still haven't seen a male in full-breeding plumage. Though, this non-breeding male can always remind us of the importance of protection before they are totally extinct.
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