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Tibetan Bunting
Emberiza koslowi Bianchi, 1904
Emberizidae — Buntings
Tibetan Bunting, Emberiza koslowi, is a bird of the family Emberizidae that breeds in alpine scrub in montane south-east Tibet and south Qinghai in the western part of China. It is found on the eastern side of the Tibetan Plateau. Its crown is black, with white head stripes, and the back is chestnut. The species was described by Bianchi in 1904. Its name honours the Russian explorer Pyotr Kozlov. It builds a domed nest, unlike the open nests typical of other Emberizinae buntings, and the female lays 3 or 4 eggs.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Emberizidae — Buntings
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: ec Palearctic alpine scrub: montane se Tibet and s Qinghai (wc China)
