Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii) - HBW 16, p. 513
French: Bruant de Godlewski
German: Felsenammer
Spanish: Escribano de Godlewski
Other common names: Eastern Rock Bunting
Taxonomy: Emberiza godlewskii Taczanowski, 1874, southern Dauria and Kultuk, Mongolia [= southern Lake Baikal, Russia].
Forms a superspecies, and previously treated as conspecific, with E. cia. Recent phylogenetic analysis indicated that, according to cytochrome b tree, interrelationships among present species, E. cia and E. cioides are unresolved. Similarities in plumage to E. capensis, E. striolata and E. tahapisi seem to be result of parallel evolution, rather than close phylogenetic relationship. Proposed races nanshanica, described from C China (R Churmyk, basin of upper Hwang-he, in E Qinghai), and gobica, from WC Mongolia (S slope of Khangai .. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Emberiza godlewskii Taczanowski, 1874, southern Dauria and Kultuk, Mongolia [= southern Lake Baikal, Russia].
Forms a superspecies, and previously treated as conspecific, with E. cia. Recent phylogenetic analysis indicated that, according to cytochrome b tree, interrelationships among present species, E. cia and E. cioides are unresolved. Similarities in plumage to E. capensis, E. striolata and E. tahapisi seem to be result of parallel evolution, rather than close phylogenetic relationship. Proposed races nanshanica, described from C China (R Churmyk, basin of upper Hwang-he, in E Qinghai), and gobica, from WC Mongolia (S slope of Khangai Mts), synonymized with nominate, and, also in C China, styani (from Songpan, in W Sichuan) and bangsi (from Pashui, in Shaanxi) are treated as synonyms of omissa. Five subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies, and previously treated as conspecific, with E. cia. Recent phylogenetic analysis indicated that, according to cytochrome b tree, interrelationships among present species, E. cia and E. cioides are unresolved. Similarities in plumage to E. capensis, E. striolata and E. tahapisi seem to be result of parallel evolution, rather than close phylogenetic relationship. Proposed races nanshanica, described from C China (R Churmyk, basin of upper Hwang-he, in E Qinghai), and gobica, from WC Mongolia (S slope of Khangai Mts), synonymized with nominate, and, also in C China, styani (from Songpan, in W Sichuan) and bangsi (from Pashui, in Shaanxi) are treated as synonyms of omissa. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- decolorata Sushkin, 1925 - NW China (foothills of S & E Tien Shan, in W Xinjiang); in winter also in valley of upper Syr Darya.
- godlewskii Taczanowski, 1874 - Russian Altai E through Sayans to S end of L Baikal and W Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and N China (S to N & E Qinghai and Gansu).
- khamensis Sushkin, 1925 - SC China from S Qinghai S to S & SE Tibetan Plateau (to Lhasa and Gyantse regions) and W Sichuan (to c. 29° N).
- decolorata Sushkin, 1925 - NW China (foothills of S & E Tien Shan, in W Xinjiang); in winter also in valley of upper Syr Darya.
- godlewskii Taczanowski, 1874 - Russian Altai E through Sayans to S end of L Baikal and W Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and N China (S to N & E Qinghai and Gansu).
- khamensis Sushkin, 1925 - SC China from S Qinghai S to S & SE Tibetan Plateau (to Lhasa and Gyantse regions) and W Sichuan (to c. 29° N).
- omissa Rothschild, 1921 - E China from S Heilongjiang S to N & E Sichuan.
- yunnanensis Sharpe, 1902 - S China in extreme SE Tibetan Plateau and N Yunnan E to C Sichuan; also NE Myanmar in winter.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Godlewski's Bunting, singing adult male on territory, dorsal view. Locality Zushan Forest Park, Old Peak, Hebei, China (Northern) (ssp omissa)
Mark Andrews 18 May 2010 2 years ago 49 sec 4 -
A male calling on the ground Locality Wulingshan, Hebei, China (Northern) (ssp omissa)
Keith Blomerley 30 July 2005 6 years ago 22 sec 3.9 -
A singing male on territory, lateral and frontal views. Locality Old Peak, Hebei, China (Northern) (ssp omissa)
Mark Andrews 21 May 2012 47 weeks ago 47 sec 3.5 -
An obliging bird, showing its back, side and front. Locality Xiongse (Qiong Se) Monastery, Caina, Tibetan Plateau, China (Northern)
Eric Van Marck 19 August 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 3.3 -
Godlewski's Bunting, male singing on territory, lateral view. Locality Zushan Forest Park, Old Peak, Hebei, China (Northern) (ssp omissa)
Mark Andrews 19 May 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 3 -
A distant bird preening in a tree Locality Kandashan Pass, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp omissa)
John Gregory 4 August 2002 5 years ago 16 sec 2.6
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Zoige (Ruoergai) County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp khamensis)
Nick Athanas 14 May 2006 4 years ago 4.4 -
Sitting on a stone.
Locality Altai Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Sergey Pisarevsky 6 May 2012 42 weeks ago 4 -
A bird standing on a small stone in the middle of a grassland
Locality China (Northern)
Nathanael Goldman 9 July 2012 44 weeks ago 4 -
A bird sat on a rock drying after bathing, Old Peak FP, Hebei, China
Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 20 May 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Bird standing on a rock in a meadow.
Locality China (Northern)
Nathanael Goldman 9 July 2012 29 weeks ago 3.6 -
Perched on rock
Locality Wisdom Valley, Beijing, China (Northern)
Bob Thompson 12 April 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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A singing male on territory. Locality Old Peak, Hebei, China (Northern)
(ssp omissa)
Mark Andrews 21 May 2012 18 weeks ago 4 -
A male calling on the ground. Locality Wulingshan, Hebei, China (Northern)
(ssp omissa)
Keith Blomerley 30 July 2005 18 weeks ago 4
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