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title: "Cinnamon-breasted Bunting"
description: "Emberiza tahapisi — Birds. The cinnamon-breasted bunting (Emberiza tahapisi) or cinnamon-breasted rock-bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cinnamon-breasted-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

> Emberiza tahapisi — Birds. The cinnamon-breasted bunting (Emberiza tahapisi) or cinnamon-breasted rock-bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza tahapisi*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1431
- Wikidata: [Q1034950](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034950)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367712](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367712)

## Names

- en: Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
- de: Bergammer
- es: Escribano canelo
- fr: Bruant cannelle
- nl: Zevenstrepengors
- pl: Trznadel cynamonowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (720), NA (157), OM (109), MW (53), ZW (53), ET (50), ZM (41), KE (37), TZ (33), YE (24), BW (23), AO (19)

## Summary

The cinnamon-breasted bunting (Emberiza tahapisi) or cinnamon-breasted rock-bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is widespread in Africa south of the Sahara.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon-breasted_bunting

## Photo

![Cinnamon-breasted Bunting](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cinnamon-breasted-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333025148

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cinnamon-breasted-bunting?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).