Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyEmberizidae (Old World Buntings)
GenusEmberiza (Old World Buntings)
SpeciesEmberiza flaviventris (Golden-breasted Bunting)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Golden Gate Highlands National Park

1 Verified sightings at Golden Gate Highlands National Park From 2019 to 2026

6,604 Verified sightings across all 45 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Golden-breasted Bunting

The golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It occurs in dry open woodlands and moist savanna in Africa south of the Sahara, but is absent from the equatorial forest belt.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific flaviventris is from Latin flavus - "yellow", "golden-yellow"; and venter, ventris - "belly". The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown. There are three subspecies:

Emberiza flaviventris flaviventris, the nominate subspecies, occurs from the Cape to southern South Sudan Emberiza flaviventris flavigaster occurs along a narrow belt across the Sahel, and its range is discontinuous with respect to the other subspecies

Emberiza flaviventris princeps occurs in southern Angola and Namibia. The golden-breasted bunting is 15–16 cm long. The adult male has striking head pattern with a white crown, black lateral crown stripes, white supercilium and black-bordered white ear coverts. The underparts are orange-yellow becoming yellow on the throat and whitish on the lower belly. The upperparts are chestnut with a grey rump... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Emberiza capensis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Emberiza tahapisi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lamprotornis bicolor

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Onychognathus morio

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Saxicola torquatus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Lanius collaris

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Corvus albicollis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Zosterops virens

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Ploceus capensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Pycnonotus nigricans

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Telophorus zeylonus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~40%
2	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~30%
3	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~30%
4	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~30%
5	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~30%
6	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~30%
7	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~20%
8	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~20%
9	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~20%
10	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~20%
11	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~20%
12	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~10%
13	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	~10%
14	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
15	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
16	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
17	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
18	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
19	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	~10%
20	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
21	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
22	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
23	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	<5%
24	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
25	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
26	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
27	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
28	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
29	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
30	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
31	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
32	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
33	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
34	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
35	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
36	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
37	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
38	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
39	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
40	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
41	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
42	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
43	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
44	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
45	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data

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Golden-breasted Bunting

About the Golden-breasted Bunting

Closest Relatives at Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Cape Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Pied Starling

Red-winged Starling

African Stonechat

Southern Fiscal

White-necked Raven

Cape White-eye

Cape Weaver

African Red-eyed Bulbul

Bokmakierie

Rock Martin

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found