Emberiza lathami Gray, JE, 1831

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Emberiza lathami Gray, JE, 1831

Melophus lathami

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: AEFA0C7D-36C7-5ACE-8640-23536E631445; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Emberizidae ; genus: Emberiza ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 532 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 17.024 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 10.492 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Crested Bunting has been recorded as an uncommon to locally common resident in West Tonkin and East Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded breeding in Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 16.5-17 cm. Male breeding: Blackish head and body, chestnut wings and tail, long erect crest (Fig. 19 ). Male non-breeding: Blackish body feathers edged buffish-grey. Female breeding: Much paler and browner with less chestnut wings and tail, shorter crest. Upperpart olive-brown, streaked darker, underparts paler with faint dark breast streaking. Largely chestnut wings and tail; short crest and lack of white on tail rules out other buntings. Female non-breeding: A little darker than breeding, mantle sandy-brown and more diffusely streaked. Juvenile: Like female, but slightly darker with shorter crest, underparts buffier with more extensive, but fainter breast streaking. Male develops black blotching on body plumage.

Figures

Figure 19. Male breeding Emberiza lathami (IEBR B. 708) was photographed in the Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.