Biology:Tibetan bunting
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Short description: Species of bird
| Tibetan bunting | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. koslowi
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| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza koslowi Bianchi, 1904
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The Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is endemic to eastern side of the Tibetan Plateau.[1]
Etymology
The specific name "koslowi" for this species was given after Russian explorer Pyotr Kozlov.[2]
Description
The crown is black and there are white stripes at the head. The back is chestnut coloured.[3]
Behaviour
The domed nest structure of this species appears to be unique amongst the Emberizinae buntings which have open nest structures.[4] Female lays 3 or 4 eggs.[3]
They eat grains in winter and insects, like butterflies, grasshoppers and beetles, in summer.[3]
Main predators of Tibetan bunting are birds of prey like falcons and owls and mammals like foxes, weasels and badgers.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2017). "Emberiza koslowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22720891A111133847. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22720891A111133847.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720891/111133847. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Mike Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. https://archive.org/details/eponymdictionary00beol.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 McKenna, Phil (October 2011). "A Buddhist Monk Saves One of the World's Rarest Birds". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Buddhist-Monk-Saves-One-of-the-Worlds-Rarest-Birds.html#.
- ↑ Thewlis, R.M.; R.P. Martins (2000). "Observations of the breeding biology and behaviour of Kozlov's Bunting Emberiza koslowi". Forktail 16: 57–59. http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/16pdfs/Thewlis-Kozlovs.pdf. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
External links
- Tibetan bunting photos and audio at The Macaulay Library of Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Wikidata ☰ Q745840 entry
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