Species profile
Brown-rumped Bunting
Emberiza affinis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are Sahel zone and ne African mesic woodland: Senegal, far s Mauritania to n Guinea e to w, s Ethiopia, n Uganda and w Kenya.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza affinis
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Brown-rumped Bunting in your journal
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Related species in Emberizidae
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Black-Headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)