Brown-rumped Bunting
Emberiza affinisHeuglin, MT, 1867
English (US) Brown-rumped Bunting
The Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Emberizidae (Old World Buntings) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza affinis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-rumped Bunting
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1867
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Emberiza affinis nigeriae
- Emberiza affinis vulpecula
- Emberiza affinis affinis
- Emberiza affinis omoensis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1867
- Type locality
- no locality ; Sennar, eastern Sudan, designated by Heuglin, 1868, Journ. f. Ornith., 16, p. 76, but probably erroneous; Dar Bertat region, between Blue Nile and Sobat River, western Ethiopia, substituted by Bannerman and Bates, 1926, Ibis, p. 800.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 15, no.89 p.297
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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