Golden-breasted Bunting
Emberiza flaviventris
Woodland. Yellow below with orange breast; belly and vent white; head black with white streaks; mantle brown with white shoulder-patch.
Buntings, Canaries, Siskins
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Distinguished from [Cabanis’s Bunting] by white stripe below eyes, browner mantle and more orange breast. Female has yellowish head-streaks, brown in immature. The normal call is ‘pret-ty-boyeee’, sometimes answered by the mate ‘sitee’. The song is a frequently repeated ‘chipchipchipchipchip-teee, teeu-teeu-teeu-teeu’. Pairs occur in mixed bushveld, thornveld, broad-leaved woodland and exotic plantations.
Quick Facts
Size
16 cm - S
Names
A: Rooirugstreepkoppie
Z: usokhandamidwombalabala
Ss: Mmaborokwane-Petatshehla
G: Gelbbauchammer
Bird Family
Sparrow-sized or smaller songbirds. Canaries and siskins have strong conical bills, usually notched tails and undulating flight. Buntings are strongly terrestrial and have weaker, narrower bills. Many species are nomadic.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Pairs occur in mixed bushveld, thornveld, 'broad-leaved woodland' and exotic plantations.
