Gosling's bunting

Gosling's bunting
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: E. goslingi
Binomial name
Emberiza goslingi
Alexander, 1906

Gosling's bunting (Emberiza goslingi) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

It was previously considered conspecific with the cinnamon-breasted bunting.

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