๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Golden-breasted Bunting live?

Emberiza flaviventris has 108,280 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1840 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Golden-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting โ€” Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa / CC BY 2.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesEmberizidaeEmberiza

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 78,329
Namibia 6,497
Kenya 5,221
Zimbabwe 3,850
Uganda 2,605
Botswana 2,275
Eswatini 2,071
Tanzania 2,025
Zambia 1,516
Rwanda 1,336
Mozambique 1,191
Malawi 322
Nigeria 269
Angola 218
DR Congo 177
Lesotho 148
Burkina Faso 52
Benin 52
Niger 29
Ethiopia 23
Cameroon 16
Eritrea 10
Chad 10
Ghana 9
Sudan 9
Burundi 5
Mali 5
Gambia 4
Central African Republic 3
Greece 1

Related animals

Others in the family Emberizidae.

Reed Bunting
Reed Bunting
3,633,075 records
Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer
3,449,598 records
corn bunting
corn bunting
1,145,917 records
Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting
579,888 records
Rock Bunting
Rock Bunting
242,532 records
Little Bunting
Little Bunting
92,561 records
Cape Bunting
82,830 records
Black-faced Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
80,834 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.