Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) - HBW 16, p. 528
French: Bruant à poitrine dorée
German: Gelbbauchammer
Spanish: Escribano Pechidorado
Other common names: African Golden-breasted Bunting, Yellow-bellied Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting(!)
Taxonomy: Emberiza flaviventris Stephens, 1815, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with E. poliopleura. Geographical limits between some races disputed; proposed races kalaharica (described from Tsotsoronga Pan, in NE Botswana) and carychroa (Langata Forest, in SC Kenya) here included within nominate. Designated type locality of species may well be in error, as there is no evidence that the species ever occurred this far W. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavigaster Cretzschmar, 1828 - Sahel from Mauritania E to N Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- flaviventris Stephens, 1815 - S Sudan S through SC & E Africa to Botswana and South Africa.
- princeps Clancey & Winterbottom, 1960 - S Angola and Namibia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp kalaharica)
Eldert Groenewoud 1 March 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A perched juvenile preening and flying away Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp kalaharica)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 16 sec 4.5 -
A male walking in the grass Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp kalaharica)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A bird walking on bare ground beneath bushes Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp kalaharica)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A male looking around on a branch Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp flaviventris)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 July 2006 3 years ago 16 sec 3.9 -
A male in a bush, looking around Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp flaviventris)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 July 2006 3 years ago 19 sec 3.8
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Perching near a water hole
Locality Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Central District, Botswana
Marco Valentini 18 August 2010 50 weeks ago 4.5 -
Male perched on a branch
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi shapiro 5 October 2010 25 weeks ago 4.4 -
A male perching on the twig
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 April 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult perched in a tree
Locality Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Laurent Demongin 23 September 2004 3 years ago 3.8 -
An adult male perched on a tree.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp flaviventris)
Carmelo López 3 November 2010 50 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp flaviventris)
David Beadle 17 January 2011 5 weeks ago 3.4
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Near Kanniedood Hide, south of Shingwedzi. Vocalising from a low branch. 5:39am Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Charles Hesse 24 December 2009 1 year ago 4
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