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A photo of a Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
Golden-breasted Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

The golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It occurs in dry open woodlands and moist savanna in Africa south of the Sahara, but is absent from the equatorial forest belt. The golden-breasted bunting is 15–16 cm long. The adult male has striking head pattern with a white crown, black lateral crown stripes, white supercilium and black-bordered white ear coverts. The underparts are orange-yellow becoming yellow on the throat and whitish on the lower belly. The upperparts are chestnut with a grey rump. The browner wings have two conspicuous white wing bars. The sexes are very similar, but females may have a buff tone to the white head markings and browner head stripes, and the back may have dark streaks. Young birds are duller and paler than the females.
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Trevor Kleyn
Wednesday 07 Jun 2023 - 6:10am
South Africa
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Mika Vosloo
Sunday 04 Jun 2023 - 2:00pm
South Africa
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Mika Vosloo
Sunday 04 Jun 2023 - 1:43pm
South Africa
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Theo Louw
Sunday 04 Jun 2023 - 6:52am
South Africa
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