Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)

Other Names (World)
Golden-breasted Bunting, African Golden-breasted Bunting, Yellow-bellied Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting(!)

Family
Emberizidae (Old World Buntings)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Stephens, 1815

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) [XC598341]
by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (song)

Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) [XC598340]
by isaac kilusu from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call, song, mobbing call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Somali Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura). Geographical limits between some subspecies disputed.

Proposed subspecies kalaharica (described from Tsotsoronga Pan, in north-eastern Botswana) and carychroa (Langata Forest, in south-central Kenya) here included within nominate. Designated type locality of species may well be in error, as there is no evidence that the species ever occurred this far west.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

flavigaster Cretzschmar, 1828 - Sahel from Mauritania east to northern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
flaviventris Stephens, 1815 - Southern Sudan south through south-central and eastern Africa to Botswana and South Africa.
princeps Clancey & Winterbottom, 1960 - Southern Angola and Namibia.
kalaharica Roberts, 1932 - Southern South Sudan and central and south-eastern Angola south to north-eastern Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, and northern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

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