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Cabanis's bunting

Emberiza cabanisi (Reichenow, 1875)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi) is a species in the family Emberizidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 24 g to 24.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
Photo: Maans Booysen, Birding Weto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cabanis's bunting

Weight
24 g – 24.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cabanis's bunting live?

Not recorded

What is the cabanis's bunting?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Cabanis's bunting (Fringillaria cabanisi) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

It is found across most of sub-Saharan Africa in its natural habitats of subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savannah.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist Jean Louis Cabanis.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Emberiza. In 2026 it was moved to the resurrected genus Fringillaria based on the results of a 2021 molecular genetic study.

From the Wikipedia article “Cabanis's bunting” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cabanis%27s_bunting&oldid=1381717268), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cabanis's bunting endangered?

The cabanis's bunting is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cabanis's bunting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEmberizidae
  6. genusEmberiza
  7. SpeciesEmberiza cabanisi (Reichenow, 1875)

Synonyms Fringillaria cabanisi cabanisi

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • GeelstreepkoppieAfrikaans
  • Овесарка на КабанисBulgarian
  • sit de CabanisCatalan
  • strnad savanovýCzech
  • bras CabanisWelsh
  • Sortkindet VærlingDanish
  • CabanisammerGerman
  • Cabanis-AmmerGerman
  • kabanisa emberizoEsperanto
  • Escribano de CabanisSpanish
  • mustpõsk-tsiitsitajaEstonian
  • miombosirkkuFinnish
  • Bruant de CabanisFrench
  • sivoleđa strnadicaCroatian
  • Cabanis-sármányHungarian
  • Zigolo di CabanisItalian
  • キンムネホオグロJapanese
  • baltabruvė startaLithuanian
  • Cabanis' GorsDutch
  • gulbukspurvNorwegian
  • trznadel szarobocznyPolish
  • escrevedeira-de-cabanisPortuguese
  • escrevedeira-de-bochecha-pretaPortuguese
  • Escrevedeira-de-bochechas-pretasPortuguese
  • Белобровая овсянкаRussian
  • Африканская овсянкаRussian
  • strnádka čiernolícaSlovak
  • Kabanisova strnadicaSerbian
  • cabanissparvSwedish
  • svartkindad sparvSwedish
  • Cabanis ÇintesiTurkish
  • вівсянка білоброваUkrainian
  • 白眉黃腹鵐Chinese
  • 白眉黄腹鹀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cabanis's bunting

Other species in the same genus Emberiza.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cabanis's bunting?

An adult cabanis's bunting weighs 24 g – 24.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cabanis's bunting endangered?

The cabanis's bunting is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cabanis's bunting?

The cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi) belongs to the family Emberizidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabaniss-bunting

MLA

“Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabaniss-bunting.

BibTeX
@misc{cabaniss_bunting_2026,
  title = {Cabanis's bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabaniss-bunting},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}