Masked bunting
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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Clade: | Dinosauria | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Emberizidae | 
| Genus: | Emberiza | 
| Species: | E. personata  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Emberiza personata Temminck, 1836  | |
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
    
- 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.
 - 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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