Godlewski's Bunting - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Eastern Rock Bunting

Photo by rockfowl
Zushan FP, China, May 2008

Emberiza godlewskii

Distribution

Europe and Asia
Eastern Europe: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
Asia: China, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Assam
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• E. g. stracheyi:

• Western Himalayas (Chitral to Ladakh)

• E. g. decolorata:

• Western China (foothills of w Tarim Basin in Xinjiang)

• E. g. godlewskii:

• Mongolia to north-western China

• E. g. khamensis:

• Tibet to western Sichuan and southern Qinghai

• E. g. yunnanensis:

• South-eastern Tibet to northern Myanmar, northern Yunnan, north-eastern Sichuan and western Hubei

• E. g. omissa:

• Southern Mongolia to Hubei, Shaanxi and nw Sichuan

• E. g. flemingorum:

• Nepal

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