- Grey-necked Bunting
Taxobox
name = Grey-necked Bunting
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Emberizidae
genus = "Emberiza "
species = "E. buchanani"
binomial = "Emberiza buchanani"
binomial_authority = Blyth, 1844
synonyms =The Grey-necked Bunting ("Emberiza buchanani") is a species of
bird in theEmberizidae family. It is found inAfghanistan ,Armenia ,Azerbaijan ,Bhutan ,China ,Hong Kong ,India ,Iran ,Kazakhstan ,Mongolia ,Oman ,Pakistan ,Russia ,Syria ,Tajikistan ,Turkey ,Turkmenistan , andUzbekistan .It is an extremely rare vagrant north of its' breeding range, with recent records from
Finland andHolland , though wanderers may be overlooked due to its' similarity, in non-breeding plumage, to the closely related and far commonerOrtolan Bunting Its natural
habitat is temperategrassland .References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53513/all Emberiza buchanani] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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