Crested bunting
| Crested bunting | |
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| Male in Mangaon, Maharashtra, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. lathami
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| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza lathami (Gray, 1831)
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The crested bunting (Emberiza lathami) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae, from the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent stretching eastward to Southeast Asia.
Range[]
It is found from the Himalayas eastwards to highland areas of Southeast Asia.
Habitat[]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Gallery[]
Crested Bunting Melophus lathami
Taken in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India - 10 February 2010
Crested Bunting photographed at Sinhagad Fort, Pune, India on 27 June 2010
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Emberiza lathami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22720872A94688007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720872A94688007.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Emberiza
- Birds of the Himalayas
- Birds of Eastern Himalaya
- Birds of India
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of Myanmar
- Birds of Thailand
- Birds of Laos
- Birds of Vietnam
- Birds described in 1831
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Emberizidae stubs