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Photo by Bjorn Svensson
Theran, Iran, May 2005

Alternative name: Grey-hooded Bunting

Emberiza buchanani

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Middle East, Asia
Middle East: Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Pakistan, India, Western Himalayas

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• E. b. cerrutii:

• Eastern Turkey, Russia south of the Caucasus to Iran; Mugodzhary Mountains

• E. b. buchanani:

• Afghanistan to western Pakistan; > to south-eastern India

• E. b. neobscura:

• Tajikistan to western Xinjiang, eastern Kazakstan and western Mongolia

[edit] Habitat

Tree-less mountain slope

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links