Emberiza flaviventris
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Bunting sighting in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 233 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-breasted Bunting in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, the lowest month. That is one of Gonarezhou National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 150 mm in January. March–April, June and December–January have too few records to rate.
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.
2nd of 36
Of the 36 parks where we can rate Golden-breasted Bunting sightings, Gonarezhou National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Emberiza
The closest relatives of the Golden-breasted Bunting that you can see in Gonarezhou National Park (genus Emberiza, Old World Buntings) are Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (about 20%) and Lark-like Bunting (about 10%), 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 Gonarezhou National Park (54 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
