Species profile
Golden-breasted Bunting
Emberiza flaviventris
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are Sahel zone and disjunctly e, s Africa in open woodland: s Mauritania to n Eritrea and far n Ethiopia; s DR Congo and far s South Sudan through e Africa, s through South Africa (except sw).
- Scientific name
- Emberiza flaviventris
- Family
- Emberizidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Emberiza
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Golden-breasted Bunting in your journal
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Related species in Emberizidae
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Black-Headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis)
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)