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LCLeast ConcernSeeds
WoodlandCup nestSmall · 25 g
WoodlandCup nestSmall · 25 g
When to see the Cabanis's Bunting
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Cabanis's Bunting
Regular rangeRare visitor
The map shades 18 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Uganda
Malawi
Mozambique
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ghana
Congo - Kinshasa
Gabon
Angola
Benin
Central African Republic
Côte d’Ivoire
Rwanda
Guinea
Togo
Recorded as a rare visitor in Senegal.
About the Cabanis's Bunting
Cabanis's bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineraceaThe cinereous bunting is a large (16.5–18 cm, 21–29.7 g), slim bunting with a long, white-cornered tail.
Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleuraThe Somali Bunting is a medium-large bunting, 14–15 cm long, and weigh 14–18 g.
Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisIt is 15 cm in length.
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