Socotra Bunting
Emberiza socotrana(Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
English (US) Socotra Bunting
The Socotra Bunting (Emberiza socotrana) 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.
Range: densely vegetated rocky slopes of montane Socotra; winters to lower elevationsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Emberiza socotrana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Socotra Bunting
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringillaria socotrana
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR; Forbes, HO, 1899)
- Type locality
- Adho Dimellus, 4,000 ft., Socotra.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2, no.1 p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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