Biology:Emberiza
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| Yellowhammer (E. citrinella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Emberiza is a genus of passerine birds of the bunting family Emberizidae.
The genus was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellowhammer.[2] The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.[3] The origin of English "bunting" is unknown.[4]
List of species
The genus contains 44 species.[5]
- Crested bunting (Emberiza lathami)
- Slaty bunting (Emberiza siemsseni)
- Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- Pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
- Rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
- Meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
- White-capped bunting (Emberiza stewarti)
- Jankowski's bunting (Emberiza jankowskii)
- Grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
- Cinereous bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
- Ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
- Cretzschmar's bunting (Emberiza caesia)
- Cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
- Striolated bunting (Emberiza striolata)
- House bunting (Emberiza sahari)
- Lark-like bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
- Cinnamon-breasted bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
- Gosling's bunting (Emberiza goslingi)
- Socotra bunting (Emberiza socotrana)
- Cape bunting (Emberiza capensis)
- Vincent's bunting (Emberiza vincenti)
- Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
- Chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Little bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
- Yellow-browed bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
- Rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)
- Yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)
- Yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
- Somali bunting (Emberiza poliopleura)
- Golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
- Brown-rumped bunting (Emberiza affinis)
- Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila)
- Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi)
- Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
- Yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
- Black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Grey bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
- Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
- Japanese reed bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
- Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
There is also an extinct species:
- †Long-legged bunting (Emberiza alcoveri) (prehistoric)
References
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1758) (in Latin). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Volume 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii. p. 176. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727083.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 5. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483240.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Bunting (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=Bunting (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Buntings". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/buntings/. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
Further reading
Byers, Clive; Olsson, Urban; Curson, Jon (1995). Buntings and Sparrows: A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows. Mountfield, East Sussex, UK: Pica Press. p. 107. ISBN 1-873403-19-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q614481 entry
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