The masked bunting (Emberiza personata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.
| Masked bunting | |
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| Male in Kyoto | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | E. personata
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| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza personata Temminck, 1836
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The masked bunting was formerly considered as a subspecies of the black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) but is now treated as a separate species based on morphological and genetic differences.[2][3] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Emberiza personata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103768261A132042793. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Päckert, M.; Sun, Y.-H.; Strutzenberger, P.; Valchuk, O.; Tietze, T.; Martens, J. (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of endemic bunting species (Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae, Emberiza koslowi ) from the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (1): 135–150. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31516.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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