Jankowski's bunting
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species:
E. jankowskii
Binomial name
Emberiza jankowskii

Jankowski's bunting or rufous-backed bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

It breeds in the Russian Far East, Manchuria and far northeastern Korea, where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and grassland. In 2020 it was discovered to be breeding in Mongolia.[2] The species is threatened by habitat loss, caused by overgrazing and changes in agriculture.[3] It is currently listed as endangered.[4]

The bird's English name honours the Polish collector Michał Jankowski, who collected a specimen on 9 March 1886 on his estate in Sidemi in the Primorsky Krai. The specimen was sent to Ladislaus Taczanowski who described the species in 1888.[5]

Jankowski's bunting is given the highest level of protection under Chinese law, being added to the list of species named under the Wildlife Protection Law in 2021.[6]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Emberiza jankowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720905A132004685. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720905A132004685.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jankowski's Bunting found breeding in Mongolia". BirdGuides. 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Jankowski's Bunting: grazed towards extinction". BirdGuides. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ↑ International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2018-08-09). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Emberiza jankowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  5. ↑ Taczanowski, L. (1888). "Description d'une nouvelle Espece da Genre Emberiza". Ibis. 5. 6: 317–319.
  6. ↑ "Jankowski's Bunting gets highest level of protection in China". BirdGuides. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
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