Cabanis's bunting
| Cabanis's bunting | |
|---|---|
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| E. c. cognominata at Menongue, Angola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. cabanisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza cabanisi Reichenow, 1875 | |
The Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.
It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savannah.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Jean Louis Cabanis.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Emberiza cabanisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 73–74.
External links
- Cabanis's bunting - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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