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title: "Kapammer"
description: "Emberiza capensis — Vögel. The Cape bunting (Emberiza capensis) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/cape-bunting
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kapammer

> Emberiza capensis — Vögel. The Cape bunting (Emberiza capensis) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

- Scientific name: *Emberiza capensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2652
- Wikidata: [Q3726265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3726265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204506)

## Names

- en: Cape Bunting
- de: Kapammer
- es: Escribano de El Cabo
- fr: Bruant du Cap
- nl: Kaapse gors
- pt: Escrevedeira-do-cabo
- pl: Trznadel maskowy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2399), NA (129), LS (28), MW (4), ZW (4)

## Summary

The Cape bunting (Emberiza capensis) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.

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

## Photo

![Kapammer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-bunting/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269664623

## Machine access

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