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Emberiza affinis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and DRC
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 4 subspecies:

• E. a. nigeriae:

• Gambia to Nigeria and northern Cameroon

• E. a. vulpecula:

• Cameroon, southern Chad and adjacent northern Central African Republic

• E. a. affinis:

• Southern Sudan, northern Uganda and adjacent Zaire

• E. a. omoensis:

• Southern Ethiopia

[edit] Habitat

Moist forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links