Gosling's bunting

Gosling's bunting[2] (Emberiza goslingi), also known as the grey-throated bunting,[1] is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.[2] It is found in Africa from Mauritania and Senegal to south-western Sudan and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[1]

Gosling's bunting
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. goslingi
Binomial name
Emberiza goslingi
Alexander, 1906

It was previously considered conspecific with the cinnamon-breasted bunting.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Emberiza goslingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Buntings". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 29 August 2018.


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