Grey-throated Bunting Emberiza goslingi Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza tahapisi goslingi

Grey-throated Bunting Emberiza goslingi
(aka Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza tahapisi goslingi)

Tonga Hills, Ghana
June 2011

The Grey-throated Bunting is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara from Mauritania and Senegal to Eritrea. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found on rocky hillsides and in open savanna with rocky outcrops.

They forage mainly on the ground eating grass seeds primarily but also a wide variety of insects.

Some authorities lump this species with Cinnamon-breasted Bunting E. tahapisi but it has grey vs black chin, throat and rear ear-coverts and a large rufous patch on the open wing apart from molecular evidence that it is a species.

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