Jankowski's bunting
Jankowski's bunting or rufous-backed bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. jankowskii |
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| Emberiza jankowskii Taczanowski, 1888 | |
It breeds in the Russian Far East, Manchuria and far northeastern Korea, where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species is named after the collector Michał Jankowski who collected a specimen on 9 March 1886 on his estate in Sidemi in the Primorsky Krai. The specimen was sent to Ladislaus Taczanowski who described the species in 1888.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Emberiza jankowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Taczanowski, L. (1888). "Description d'une nouvelle Espece da Genre Emberiza". Ibis. 5. 6: 317–319.
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