Emberiza flaviventris
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In 3 days ~10%
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 genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific flaviventris is from Latin flavus - "yellow", "golden-yellow"; and venter, ventris - "belly". The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown. There are three subspecies:
Emberiza flaviventris flaviventris, the nominate subspecies, occurs from the Cape to southern South Sudan Emberiza flaviventris flavigaster occurs along a narrow belt across the Sahel, and its range is discontinuous with respect to the other subspecies
Emberiza flaviventris princeps occurs in southern Angola and Namibia. 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... Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Bunting sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Bunting in Kigali on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Kigali's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-breasted Bunting sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Golden-breasted Bunting sightings, Kigali ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nairobi (Kenya, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Golden-breasted Bunting that you can see in Kigali (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 80%), White-browed Robin-Chat (about 80%) and Bronze Mannikin (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-breasted Bunting is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (24 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
