Cape Bunting

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Emberizidae

Genus

Emberiza

eBird Code

capbun1

Vocalizations

Subspecies (11)

• Emberiza capensis basutoensis

  highlands of Lesotho to eastern Griqualand and KwaZulu-Natal

• Emberiza capensis bradfieldi

  northern Namibia (Kaokoveld and highlands of Damaraland)

• Emberiza capensis capensis

  Namibia to southwestern and western Cape Province

• Emberiza capensis cinnamomea

  central South Africa (southern Northern Cape and Eastern Cape to western Free State)

• Emberiza capensis limpopoensis

  southeastern Botswana and adjacent South Africa (North West and Limpopo)

• Emberiza capensis nebularum

  southwestern Angola

• Emberiza capensis plowesi

  plateau of southern Zimbabwe and adjacent northeastern Botswana

• Emberiza capensis reidi

  northeastern South Africa (eastern Free State to central KwaZulu-Natal), northern Lesotho, and western Eswatini

• Emberiza capensis smithersii

  mountains on eastern Zimbabwe/Mozambique border

• Emberiza capensis vinacea

  northern Cape Province (Kaap Plateau and northern Asbestos Mountains)

• Emberiza capensis vincenti

  central Malawi to adjacent northern Mozambique and eastern Zambia