Gosling's bunting

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

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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2016). "Emberiza goslingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103767684A104334096. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103767684A104334096.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Buntings". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 29 August 2018.