Shennongjia is a coveted place. The mountains, forests and animals of Shennongjia constitute Shennongjia’s unique forest ecosystem, showing the mystery, breadth, depth and agility of Shennongjia.

[Birds of Shennongjia] introduces the rich bird resources of Shennongjia, showing the birds' colorful feathers, graceful body, and ecological habits, morphological characteristics, distribution and protection levels in their natural state. At the same time, it is accompanied by the work of the bird photographer to facilitate readers to remember its appearance and identify it in the wild.

Chinese name: Yellow-throated Bunting [wú]

Latin name: Emberizaelegans

Species classification: Birds, Passerines, Buntingidae, Bunting genus

The yellow-throated bunting is a small bird, with a body length of 13.4-15.6 cm and a weight of 11-24 grams. The female bird is similar to the male bird, with a conical beak. The male bird has a short and vertical black feather crest. The eyebrow pattern is long and wide from the forehead to the occipital side. The front part is yellow-white and the back part is bright yellow. The back is chestnut red or dark chestnut, the chin is black, the upper throat is yellow, the lower throat is white, there is half a moon-shaped black spot on the chest, and the rest of the lower body is white or off-white.

It inhabits the forest edge shrubs of Shennongjia broad-leaved forest and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, especially in river valleys and There are sparse forests and shrubs along the stream. Their staple food is plant seeds, insects and insect larvae, and they eat almost exclusively insects during the breeding period.

The breeding period is from May to July. It breeds 2 clutches a year, each clutch lays 6 eggs, with a size of 16-20 mm × 14-16 mm and a weight of 1.8-2.4 grams.