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Taxonomic Split 119163 (Committed on 2022-12-29)

The monotypic group Black-faced Bunting (personata) Emberiza spodocephala personata is recognized as a separate species, Masked Bunting Emberiza personata, based on plumage differences in both sexes (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) and levels of genetic divergence (as assessed by mitochondrial DNA: Weissensteiner 2013, Päckert et al. 2015).

Added by birdwhisperer on December 29, 2022 07:39 PM | Committed by birdwhisperer on December 29, 2022
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