Somali bunting

Somali bunting
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: E. poliopleura
Binomial name
Emberiza poliopleura
(Salvadori, 1888)

The Somali bunting or Somali golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza poliopleura) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.

It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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