Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis) - HBW 16, p. 529
French: Bruant à ventre jaune
German: Braunbürzelammer
Spanish: Escribano Culipardo
Taxonomy: Emberiza affinis Heuglin, 1867, no locality = probably Dar Bertat, western Ethiopia.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigeriae Bannerman & Bates, 1926 - Senegambia E to Nigeria and N Cameroon.
- vulpecula Grote, 1921 - C Cameroon, S Chad and Central African Republic.
- affinis Heuglin, 1867 - S Sudan, NE DRCongo, NW Uganda and (most likely this race) N Ethiopia.
- omoensis Neumann, 1905 - S Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male singing from treetop Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 50 sec 3.5 -
male perched overhead, giving sub-song Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3 -
male changing position on branch Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 13 sec 3 -
male foraging on the ground, briefly perches on a rock, then flies Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 49 sec 3 -
male hopping across open area of ground Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 2
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A male Brown-rumped Bunting singing its heart out along the access road to Mole NP. This year all participants on each and every
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (ssp nigeriae)
Christian Boix Hinzen 8 April 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A male perched
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp nigeriae)
Nik Borrow 14 March 2011 1 year ago 3.7
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A male singing. Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
(Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 18 weeks ago 4
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