Masked bunting
Male in Kyoto
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. personata
Binomial name
Emberiza personata
Temminck, 1836

The masked bunting (Emberiza personata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.

The masked bunting was formerly considered as a subspecies of the black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) but is now treated as a separate species based on morphological and genetic differences.[2][3] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Emberiza personata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103768261A132042793. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Päckert, M.; Sun, Y.-H.; Strutzenberger, P.; Valchuk, O.; Tietze, T.; Martens, J. (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of endemic bunting species (Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Emberiza koslowi ) from the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (1): 135–150. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31516.
  3. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 May 2022.


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