Gosling's bunting

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

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. Version 2018.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Buntings". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 29 August 2018.


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