PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
So please let me know on my guestbook at the bottom of the page
Birdwatching in Africa - Somali Bunting or Somali Golden-breasted Bunting, Emberiza poliopleura


The Somali Bunting or Somali Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there


Length: 15 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 14 - 18 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

•
Similar Species

•

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male

•

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


Listen to the Somali Bunting

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded as a video with my Panasonic video camera.


www.xeno-canto.org




Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.birdforum.net


Sighted: 22 October 2019 (Date of first photo that I could use)
Location: Awash National Park, Geda Rangers Camp, Ethiopia

Somali Bunting or Somali Golden-breasted Bunting, Emberiza poliopleura
Somali Bunting or Somali Golden-breasted Bunting
Awash National Park, Geda Rangers Camp, Ethiopia - 22 October 2019




PLEASE! If I have made any mistakes identifying any bird, PLEASE let me know on my guestbook



       
                  



                                       

You are visitor no.
To www.aladdin.st since December 2005

Visitors from different countries since 26th of September 2011