Socotra bunting

Socotra bunting
Illustration by Henrik Grönvold
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Species: E. socotrana
Binomial name
Emberiza socotrana
(Ogilvie-Grant and Forbes, 1899)
An illustration of a nest in Socotra by P. J. Smit
Illustration of the Socotra subspecies insularis by Henrik Grönvold

The socotra bunting (Emberiza socotrana) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.

It is endemic to Yemen, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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